Russia’s 1990s weren’t a transition—they were a free fall. Factories collapsed. Gangsters ruled. Power changed hands in back alleys, not ballots.

In this gripping deep dive, Elvira Bary takes you inside the wild decade that didn’t just shape Russia’s oligarchs—it made Vladimir Putin inevitable. From privatization scams and carjackings to pirated movies and backroom murders, discover how chaos gave rise to a new regime built on loyalty, corruption, and survival.

If you want to understand modern Russia, you have to go back to where the empire fell—and the mafia state began.Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Russia's Wild 1990s00:46 Russia in the Early 1990s05:43 The Gold Rush of the 1990s11:26 Business and Crime15:15 The New Elite Enters Politics17:38 The Mafia State20:11 The Law of the Elite22:01 f the West Wants Peace with RussiaMY HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK SERIES➡️ Russian Treasures (a historical novel about the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVSVC2WK ➡️ The White Ghosts' Empire (a historical novel about the Russian refugees who destroyed the myth of white supremacy in China in the 1920s) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F455FDZK➡️ The Prince of the Soviets (a historical novel about a foreign journalist who unexpectedly becomes part of the Soviet elite in Stalin’s Moscow) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5783KPKMY ADVENTURE / FANTASY THRILLER➡️ The Girl from the Labyrinth (a dark fantasy novel about a young queen, cast from her throne, who must save the man she loves after he’s accused of her murder) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4M8VZ9DRELATED VIDEOS:➡️ My Dad: A Mad Soviet Inventor https://youtu.be/ULlNGdeFsNM➡️ War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really Want https://youtu.be/0gyMho1c0ig👉Join Elvira's Think Tank for special access:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2nNqeoUOsCFo1HPITbq8VA/joinor👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary#PutinRise #Russia1990s #MafiaState #PutinEmpire #PostSovietRussia #Wild90s #RussiaHistory #RussianOligarchs #InsideRussia #RussianPolitics #CollapseOfUSSR #PutinPower #SovietFall #KremlinPolitics #RussianCorruption #RussianElite #NewRussians #PutinEra #BackroomDeals #RiseOfPutin #PutinExplained #HistoryUncovered #RussiaTransition #LifeInRussia #RussiaDocumentary #RussianChaos #RussiaDeepDive #PutinRegime #AuthoritarianRussia #PostSovietChaos #ElviraBary #ElviraBaryChannel #SurvivingRussia #RussianHistory #RussianMafia #PutinsRussia #PutinLegacy #RussianCollapse #PutinSystem #KGBToKremlin #RussiaUnderPutin #RussianSociety #RussianCapitalism #PutinBackstory #PutinAndTheWest #PowerInRussia #PutinRiseToPower #CorruptionInRussia #UnderstandingPutin #RussianRoots