First-person interviews with former government officials, businesspeople, citizen diplomats and consultants capture the essence of this turbulent reform period through the eyes of those who experienced it and present the importance of this experience as a piece of the puzzle in understanding contemporary Russia. Interviews were conducted prior to the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as source material for Creating the Post-Soviet Russian Market Economy: Through American Eyes (2024)

Daniel Satinsky is a business consultant, author, and attorney. He participated in Soviet-era joint ventures and then business projects in Russia until 2014. Since 2014, he has been writing about the historic transformation of the Soviet Union into post-Soviet Russia, based on his experience, research and interviews. Contributing author to Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Regional Russia in Transition: Studies from Yaroslavl’ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001)