Voucher privatization and its social consequences in the fiction of the Russian Far East

Abstract

Using fiction as a historical source, the author analyzes the attitude of residents of the Russian Far East to voucher privatization and its consequences. Far Eastern writers predominantly characterize the process of denationalization of property in a negative way – as a deceptive, predatory, criminal political action, considering it in the general context of neoliberal reforms. Many authors focus on the disdainful attitude of neoliberal politicians towards the ordinary people, write about the sharp differentiation of population by the income level, which carved a deep rift in Russian society and led to an increase in crime.