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    Polish economist and former Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz called this time after a crisis or during a transition, ‘extraordinary politics’ (Balcerowicz, 1995) where there is only a small window to get transformative reforms passed.

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    The ICRG is put out by the PRS Group in its International Country Risk Guide Annual Publication. All variable definitions are available at: https://epub.prsgroup.com/list-of-all-variable-definitions.

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    Based on numbers from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (https://minfin.gov.ru/en/statistics/fedbud/?id_65=119255-annual_report_on_execution_of_the_federal_budget_starting_from_january_1_2006).

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