The Russian elite is made up of a small group of top officials, businessmen or members of the secret services whose behavior and values remain a mystery for many inside and outside Russia. Only someone with access to it like Alexandra Prokopenko, interviewed by THE PERIODIC, former advisor at the Central Bank of Russia and currently expert of the Carnegie Center on government and finance issues concerning her home country, is able to dissect, wi…
The Russian elite is made up of a small group of top officials, businessmen or members of the secret services whose behavior and values remain a mystery for many inside and outside Russia. Only someone with access to it like Alexandra Prokopenko, interviewed by THE PERIODIC, former advisor at the Central Bank of Russia and currently expert of the Carnegie Center on government and finance issues concerning her home country, is able to dissect, wi…