Black Market Scheme
Michael shares his experience of working in the Soviet Union and how he was involved in a corrupt scheme to gain hard currency through a black market bookstore. He also talks about the difficulties of meeting Soviet citizens due to it being illegal and the lack of bars in the Soviet Union.In this clip
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