Gangster capitalism during the post-Soviet era

• Russia's robber barons
  Russia's robber barons they got their start in business running rings around a lumbering state. Now this handful of powerful men is creating a new economic order out of the post-Soviet chaos.
  By Craig Mellow, Fortune Magazine, March 3, 1997
  
  
• Murder in Moscow
  Murder in Moscow when Paul Tatum's joint venture in Moscow began to go sour, ominous things started to happen. Instead of fleeing, he took a chance: if he spoke out loudly enough for the rights of investors, he figured, he'd be safe.
  By Erin Arvedlund and Reporter Associate Maria Atanasov, Fortune Magazine, March 3, 1997