About the event

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, economist Anders Åslund, a leading specialist on Russia’s political economy, served as an economic adviser to the Russian government as the country attempted to shift from a communist planned economy to a Western market economy. The transition proved difficult: Russia became a market economy, but not a democracy governed by the rule of law.

Åslund’s new book, Sovjet – Som det verkligen var, draws on his memoranda to Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, documents that significantly influenced Sweden’s assessment of developments in the late Soviet Union.

Speaker

Anders Åslund

Senior Fellow and economist specialising in Russia’s political economy. Former economic adviser to the Russian government in the early 1990s; author of numerous books on post‑Soviet transitions. Anders Åslund was also the Director of SITE between 1989 and 1994.

Moderator Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE).

Registration

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