Ledeneva, Alena V., <br/><br/>
How Russia really works :  the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / 
Alena V. Ledeneva. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  2006. 
 - 270 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Why are informal practices still prevalent in Russia? -- Chernyi piar : manipulative campaigning and the workings of Russian democracy -- Kompromat : the use of compromising information in informal politics -- Krugovaia poruka : sustaining the ties of joint responsibility -- Tenevoi barter : shadow barter, barter chains, and nonmonetary markets -- Dvoinaia bukhgalteriia : double accountancy and financial scheming -- Post-Soviet tolkachi : alternative enforcement and the use of law. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801443466 0801473527 9780801443466 9780801473524 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political corruption--Russia (Federation)<br/>Political culture--Russia (Federation)<br/>Corporations--Corrupt practices--Russia (Federation)<br/>Corporate culture--Russia (Federation)<br/>Social networks--Russia (Federation)<br/>Business networks--Russia (Federation)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-<br/>Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JN6695  / L472 H 2006