US And Russia Relations After The Defeat Of The USSR:

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first century.
Russia went through many changes in its economy since the Russian
Federation took over the Soviet Union. "An economy devoted almost entirely to
the production of military goods was forced to begin to provide what its
citizens demanded, not what its rulers ordered" (Pickering 100). But it wasn't
that easy. Russian government appeared to be unexperienced in modernizing the
economy. Most of the people in government came from the school of the Soviet
Union, so they were unable to do anything without somebody's help. "... the
United States provided Russia with massive augments of experience, delivered
through government and private sector advisors as well as by bringing Russians
in large numbers to the US for training and exchanges" (Pickering 102). But the
help of the US wasn't just a gift; America had something they got out of the
help they were providing in building the Russian economy. All big American
companies went to the Russian market. "American firms are ...

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American businessmen, who didn't want to pay them and didn't
want to get shot by mafia. And since they refused to pay, the number of American
businessmen shot in Russia was growing. But this doesn't really stops Americans
from doing business in Russia.
The other problem that Americans were concerned about is nuclear potential
of Russia. During the leadership of the communism the USSR produced huge number
of nuclear weapons and power stations. "US spends approximately $530 million
each year on a bewilderingly large numbers of programs and initiatives focused
on the weapons complexes of the former Soviet Union" (Zorpette 24). But because
of the corruption in the top of the government ...

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