This book examines how Russia's entrepreneurs operate in a business environment beset with risk and uncertainty. The challenges they may encounter include an unreliable judicial system, insecure property rights, arbitrary interference from officials, as well as corruption, harassment, suspicion and violence.

John Kennedy completed his doctorate at the University of Birmingham.

1. Introduction: Business Conditions in Putin's Russia 2. Methodology 3. Case Study: Oleg 4. Case Study: Anna 5. Case Study: Aleksandr and Yurii 6. Theoretical Implications: Rethinking Entrepreneurship in Russia's Political Economy 7. Conclusion