This paper originally appeared as a Master Thesis at NES in 1999 as a part of the project "Russian Financial Industrial Groups", which was carried out within the program "Transforming Government in Economies in Transition" generously sponsored by Ford Foundation (Grant Number 950-1503). I am deeply indebted to the project advisors David Brown (SITE) and Sergei Guriev (NES and RECEP) for their g...

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