What Americans can learn from the story of Russia's oligarchs
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Americans can learn from the story of Russia's oligarchs

NPR  

What Americans can learn from the story of Russia's oligarchs toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Pool We had a talk on Morning Edition about oligarchy. Sponsor Message Oligarchy means rule by the few, and the word "oligarchs" entered Russia's popular discourse beginning in the 1990s. He described a Russian oligarchy that developed in stages: Russia's oligarchs became wealthy thanks to the weakness of the state The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left state-owned industries open to privatization. "The oligarchs were not really very popular in Russia," Hoffman said.

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'The first oligarch': Russian dissident warns of 'extremely dangerous' development in U.S.
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'The first oligarch': Russian dissident warns of 'extremely dangerous' development in U.S.

Raw Story  

America is close to having its first real oligarch, a Russian dissident — and former world chess champion — warned in an interview Sunday. Garry Kasparov, who now chairs the Renew Democracy Initiative, claimed to the Huffington Post that Elon Musk’s emergence at Trump’s side mixes business and politics in the same way as was seen in Russia after the …

Kremlin critic Browder urges squeeze on oligarchs’ enablers
2 years, 10 months ago

Kremlin critic Browder urges squeeze on oligarchs’ enablers

Associated Press  

DAVOS, Switzerland — Kremlin critic Bill Browder wants governments to step up efforts to get to the riches squirreled away by Russian oligarchs and linked to President Vladimir Putin by forcing the accountants, lawyers and others who set up murky legal and financial structures to become whistleblowers. Browder, author of the nonfiction best-seller “Freezing Order: “A True Story of Money …

What is an oligarch? The circle of businessmen who made their wealth after the fall of the Soviet Union
2 years, 11 months ago

What is an oligarch? The circle of businessmen who made their wealth after the fall of the Soviet Union

ABC  

Soon after Mikhail Khodorkovsky's private jet landed at a Siberian airport in 2003, a convoy of dark vans arrived on the tarmac. The elevation of Putin's inner circle With the Soviet-era oligarchs either gone or under Putin's arrangement, the Russian leader soon turned his attention to creating a new generation. "So the oligarchs kind of maintain perhaps a lot of …

Why so many Russian billionaires are called oligarchs
3 years ago

Why so many Russian billionaires are called oligarchs

NPR  

Why so many Russian billionaires are called oligarchs Enlarge this image toggle caption Lluis Gene/AFP via Getty Images Lluis Gene/AFP via Getty Images Many of the sanctions the United States and the European Union have imposed on Russia are meant to target some of the country's wealthiest individuals who have ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sponsor Message "I say …

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