By the end of the Soviet era in 1991 and during Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, many Russian businessmen imported or smuggled goods such as personal computers and jeans into the country and sold them, often on the black market, for a hefty profit.
Na kraju Sovjetske ere 1991. i tokom perestrojke Mihail Gorbačov, mnogi ruski biznismeni su uvezli i prokrijumčarili robu kao što je personalni računari i farmerke u zemlju i prodali ih, uglavnom na crnom tržištu, za veliki profit.