ABSTRACT
Although exceptional because of its richness, the Ukrainian case analyzed in this book is not an isolated case of misuse of public policy for private benefit. It exists in the context of, and reflects two important trends coexisting in the post-Soviet world: on the one hand, the unique opportunities for enrichment created by the post-Soviet transition, and, on the other, the way in which post-Soviet Russia is using both old (structural dependencies inherited from the Soviet Union) and new dependencies to reassert a hegemonic position in the former Soviet bloc.
