yelsin couldn't tolerate the parliament.s, but there was no news about the economic recovery for the soviet union. by 1998, 80% of russia's farmers went bankrupt, and 700 state-owned factories shut down. in the countries separated from the soviet union, the situation was even worse. the streets of europe were teaming with girls who had gone there to sell their bodies. a phenomenon which came to be known as the natasha trade. in russia, in the next 8 years, the number of people living in poverty rose to 72 million. in the end, one day before the second millennium ended, ended his presidency. in russia to a third, doubled the economic growth and reduced the inflation rate, which was going to be a three digit one into a single digit one. during the same period, the united states owed about 15 trillion dollars to the world. although history can never return life to the young russian girls who sell their bodies to pay for food, it taught a lesson to the russians and using that lesson. they could rebuild a shattered superpower. th