299 __ $aBlat to millions : the story of surviving through the fall of the Evil Empire and the rise of oligarchic society
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200 __ $aBlat to millions $ethe story of surviving through the fall of the Evil Empire and the rise of oligarchic society $e(thoughts from Japan) $fVasile Bumacov $bCarte tipărită
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330 __ $aContents Introduction9 PART ONE Mup, mpyd, mau - lie, steal, drink Born in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR15 Real life in the kolkhoz21 How as a child I started to learn about the Soviet reality23 Going to school, working on tractors and learning aboutmechanics37 Middle school in Verejeni43 University45 Technical training and practice in Hungary51 Patenting innovations in the USSR57 Graduates' distribution to working places63 It was time to think about marriage65 Military service67 Working again in the kolkhoz69 Learning about the most important job of a Soviet engineer, spare parts supply77 Learning some methods of putting Soviet people to work81 Marriage85 Learning some more about corruption89 Learning more about how the system works91 "Pripiski" - Soviet type of cheating the world and themselves95 Having three bosses in three years99 Constructing and making innovations in the kolkhoz and thoughts about the future109 Decision to return to university113 Back to the university117 First teaching experience and comparison119 Postgraduation and thesis123 Visiting the GDR125 Testing models at the research institute, VNIIMOJ, near Kyiv131 Defending the dissertation137 Entering perestroik time139 Car theft in the USSR145 PART TWO The illusion of independence Conventional independence from the Evil Empire157 The first major attempt of criminals to kill our independence165 Our first experience out of the socialist block171 Meeting Moldovans in California181 Back again to the university185 Training and working in Thailand189 First technology transfer and know-how investment in a post-Soviet "democracy"191 New era, old habits195 Dealership207 Invitation to work in the Ministry of Agriculture and Processing Industry 215 Continuing greenhouse business227 Some thoughts about the future of my country, expressed in 1999233 Cooperating with the Japanese237 Experience with the United Nations in East Timor243 Back to the ministry251 Some new experience that helped me to learn more about realities in my country275 Second imaginary fall of communism, of new Bolshevik regime, in 2009285 PART THREE Cooperation among thieves Back to the Ministry of Agriculture in 2009293 Corruption as the main component of the post-communist governance 301 Meat mafia305 Phytosanitary mafia307 Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry311 Saving the tobacco factory from bankruptcy315 State-owned bread factory, Franzeluţa323 Car accident327 Negotiating the Association Agreement with the European Union333 Second cabinet of which I was a part349 Reforming the subsidy system353 Promotion festivals357 Efforts to develop more serious sales Infrastructure361 Implementing conservation agriculture365 Dividing humanitarian assistance after the drought369 Wine reform and creation of the National Office of Grape and Wine375 Ministry management and cooperation with European ministries of Agriculture385 Attempt to promote some legitimate personal interests391 Negotiations on export-import quotas with the European Union395 How we lost a generous Polish loan of €100 million399 Theft of more than US$1 billion by the democratic elite under the sounds of European integration405 Awarded an honorary doctorate, Doctor Honoris Causa, in Romania413 The only reform I did not manage during my mandate415 Losing political support completely419 Being out of the government at last423 Proposal to take the position of Ambassador to Japan425 Consulting trip to Tajikstan429 Nomination of the Cabinet controlled only by the Democratic Party433 PART FOUR From a distance ... but no escape Going to Japan for the 11th time, now as Ambassador439 Handing over credentials to His Majesty Emporer Akihito451 From 18 April 2016,1 was Ambassador with documents in order453 First grant offered by the Japanese457 Back to Tokyo487 First visit in 10 years of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova to Japan493 Ambassadors' meeting in Moldova497 Inherited unconditional love for dictators and aggressors503 Meeting Oxford Professor Pritam Singh507 My residence in Kagurazaka509 Professor's friends in Tokyo513 Shopping and visiting Tokyo517 More discussions about Marxism523 No intention to offend Marx believers and especially my friend Professor Singh527
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210 __ $a[Shrewsbury] $cChameleon Publishing $d2020
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