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The year was 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed, leading to a drastic transition from a planned to a market economy in Russia. Ruben Vardanyan, aged 22 back then, traded his job at a well-known commercial bank with a monthly salary of US$1,000 to join Troika Dialog – Russia’s first investment bank – offering him […]
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