1: Introduction: Market Power on the Make; 2: A Taxonomy of Power Relationships; 3: Russian Power: Constructing an Ideal Type; 4: Continuity and Change in the Prevailing Model of Power: On Path-Dependence in Russian History; 5: Market as a Weapon: Domination by Virtue of a Constellation of Interests; 6: Minimizing Missed Opportunities: A New Model of Choice?; 7: Doing Business in a Russian Region: Controlling Access to the Field; 8: Existing and Potential Constraints Limiting State Servants’ Opportunism; 9: Conclusion: Impossible Change?; 10: Methodological Appendix: Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis