Исходники. Анатолий Чубайс. Часть 2, 12 апреля 2014 года

After graduating from the Leningrad Engineering and Economics Institute in 1977 with a degree in Economics and Organization of Mechanical Engineering Production, Anatoly Chubais spent his time as a researcher and teacher at his alma mater until 1990. Along with his colleagues, he founded a circle of market economists, which in the early 1980s became close to a group of young Moscow economists led by Yegor Gaidar. In 1990, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Leningrad City Executive Committee to Anatoly Sobchak. However, after Sobchak's election as mayor in June 1991, he became his advisor without any real authority. In November of that year, he was appointed chairman of the State Property Committee with the rank of minister; concurrently, from June 1992, he served as deputy prime minister and then first deputy prime minister, overseeing the privatization program of the Russian economy. In January 1996, he was dismissed as an extremely unpopular figure, but by March he had become head of Yeltsin's "informal" election campaign headquarters (the Analytical Group). After Yeltsin's election victory, he became head of his administration. In March 1997, he was again appointed First Deputy Prime Minister in the "young reformers" government and simultaneously Minister of Finance (until November of that year). He resigned as Deputy Prime Minister along with the entire Chernomyrdin cabinet in March 1998, after which he was appointed Chairman of the Board of RAO UES of Russia. In the summer of 1998, he simultaneously served as the President's Special Representative for Relations with International Financial Institutions. He remained Chairman of RAO UES of Russia until 2008. From 2001 to 2004, he was also co-chairman of the Union of Right Forces. From 2008 to 2020, he was Chairman of the Board of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (JSC Rusnano). From 2020 to 2022, he served as the President's Special Representative for Relations with International Organizations to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals. He left Russia in the spring of 2022. In 2024, he became the founder and chairman of the Center for Russian Studies at Tel Aviv University. How did Yeltsin's heart attack shortly before the second round affect his 1996 election campaign? What did his campaign do about it? How did his campaign spend the night after the second round? Were they confident of victory? Why do many continue to consider those elections unfair? Is it true that most media outlets and journalists sincerely supported Yeltsin without coercion? Why were large-scale vote rigging impossible? Why would the rise of the Communists to power in 1996 have been so dangerous? Why did Yeltsin appoint Chubais, Nemtsov, and other "young reformers" to the government, and what were the objectives of this government? What did it accomplish? Why was it dismissed without fully achieving these objectives? Why was Chernomyrdin fired? What went wrong with the sale of Svyazinvest? What were the consequences of this? What led to the crisis of August 1998? Was the default the right decision? What role did Prime Minister Kiriyenko play? What were the reasons for the post-crisis economic growth, and what role did the Primakov government play in it? Why was it, in turn, dismissed in May 1999? What were the reasons for the "leapfrog of prime ministers," and why did Yeltsin choose Putin? What did Chubais and his fellow reformers accomplish in the economy? Why did Yeltsin resign on December 31, 1999? What was his main contribution to the country? What qualities enabled him to do so? Anatoly Chubais answers these and other questions in an interview we conducted on April 12, 2014. 0:00 On the second round of elections and Yeltsin's heart attack 8:33 On how fair the 1996 elections were 12:58 On the danger of the communists coming to power 17:05 On the "young reformer" government of 1997-1998 22:40 On the resignation of this government and the sale of Svyazinvest 28:04 On the 1998 default 33:46 On the Primakov government 40:42 On choosing a successor 44:15 On the results of the economic reforms of the 1990s 46:14 On Yeltsin's resignation 49:53 On Yeltsin and his role in history Website of the "Unfinished Time" project: https://theunfinishedtime.com/ Film "Unfinished Time":    • Непрошедшее время. Часть I: Пробуждение      • Непрошедшее время. Часть II: Незавершенная...      • Непрошедшее время. Часть III: Беловежская ...      • Непрошедшее время. Часть IV: Шоковая терапия      • Непрошедшее время. Часть V: Противостояние      • Непрошедшее время. Часть VI: Первая чеченская      • Непрошедшее время. Часть VII: Голосуй или ...      • Непрошедшее время. Часть VIII: Младореформ...      • Непрошедшее время. Часть IX: В поисках пре...      • Непрошедшее время. Часть Х: Берегите Россию!