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|style="font-size:1.1em;"| ''[[Tamozhenniye]] l’goti'' refers to a practice in 1990s post-Soviet Russia, whereby certain ‘privileged’ charitable organisations were awarded the right by the federal government to | |style="font-size:1.1em;"| ''[[Tamozhenniye]] l’goti'' refers to a practice in 1990s post-Soviet Russia, whereby certain ‘privileged’ charitable organisations were awarded the right by the federal government to import products – typically alcohol and tobacco – without paying excise duty. The practice can be seen as an instance of the ‘state capture’ that plagued Russian state institutions in the 1990s: the ability of private individuals and firms to extract preferential treatment from the state for little or nothing in return<ref name="frye">Frye, T. 2002. ‘Capture or Exchange? Business Lobbying in Russia’, Europe-Asia Studies, | ||
import products – typically alcohol and tobacco – without paying excise duty. The practice can be seen as an instance of the ‘state capture’ that plagued Russian state institutions in the 1990s: the ability of private individuals and firms to extract preferential treatment from the state for little or nothing in return<ref name="frye">Frye, T. 2002. ‘Capture or Exchange? Business Lobbying in Russia’, Europe-Asia Studies, | |||
54(7): 1017-1036</ref>. | 54(7): 1017-1036</ref>. | ||
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