As the USSR was on the verge of collapse by October 1991, Yeltsin announced that Russia would proceed with radical reforms, including market-oriented reform along the lines of Poland's "big bang", also known as "shock therapy".
En outubro de 1991, cando Rusia estaba ao bordo da independencia, Eltsin anunciou que o país procedería cunha reforma radical cara á economía de mercado seguindo as directrices do "big bang" polaco, tamén coñecido como terapia de choque.