In 1994 traumatism increased by 1.5 times in the metallurgical industry. The ultimate source of these developments is the contradiction between the interests of the bourgeoisie and the working class. Throughout 1993 and 1994 strike movements took place in Gorky, Moscow, Leningrad, Novgorod, in the Buryat and Kuzbass minepits. According to ILO statistics there are 5,400,000 unemployed in Russia. Life expectation of workers has come down in Russia and is lower than amongst the bourgeoisie and the bureaucracy.
Russian imperialism marches forward.
Russia occupied third position in the world for arms sales in 1995. The rapacious Russian imperialism faces the competition of the USA and NATO as Yeltsin's speech at the UN General Assembly indicated. Under Yeltsin the industry of the Russian capitalism is now advancing, experts anticipate its fast growth and expansion in 1996 by about ten per cent. The new Russian bourgeoisie plunders the Soviet working class. The 'Inkombank' holds second place in the world for the growth of profits.