A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year on Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Republics The Russian oil industry-which vies with
Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer and exporter of oil,
providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply-is facing mounting
problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy
and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account
of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its
uncertain future. Tracking the interdependence among Russia's oil
industry, politics, and economy, Thane Gustafson shows how the
stakes extend beyond international energy security to include the
potential threat of a destabilized Russia. "Few have studied the
Russian oil and gas industry longer or with a broader political
perspective than Gustafson. The result is this superb book, which
is not merely a fascinating, subtle history of the industry since
the Soviet Union's collapse but also the single most revealing work
on Russian politics and economics published in the last several
years." -Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs "The history of Russia's
oil industry since the collapse of communism is the history of the
country itself. There can be few better guides to this terrain than
Thane Gustafson." -Neil Buckley, Financial Times
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