I would not use words "poor execution" to describe a process that achieved its exact intended effect. Nor does it have anything whatsoever to do with any Americ

I would not use words "poor execution" to describe a process that achieved its exact intended effect. Nor does it have anything whatsoever to do with any American economic advisors. It only looks like a failure if we assume that the Soviet (and post-Soviet Russian) state considered its subjects as stakeholders, which has never been the case.