Can someone explain "oligarchs" to me.
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Yeah, I get it. These guys are all fabulously rich from income derived in less-than-above-board ways, I guess.
Do they all have ties to Putin, as in a "wink-wink" type of thing where he'll ignore the corruption as long as they don't cause him trouble?
I really don't understand the relationship. I suppose Putin holds a knife at their necks, threatening to stick it in, unless they support him. But, how much is that support really worth? I would think Putin supporting the oligarchs is a much more valuable relationship to the oligarch.
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Yeah, I get it. These guys are all fabulously rich from income derived in less-than-above-board ways, I guess.
Do they all have ties to Putin, as in a "wink-wink" type of thing where he'll ignore the corruption as long as they don't cause him trouble?
I really don't understand the relationship. I suppose Putin holds a knife at their necks, threatening to stick it in, unless they support him. But, how much is that support really worth? I would think Putin supporting the oligarchs is a much more valuable relationship to the oligarch.
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Russia and (Brazil?) are some of the only countries where the top 0.01% have more than the bottom 80%.
@89th said in Can someone explain "oligarchs" to me.:
Russia and (Brazil?) are some of the only countries where the top 0.01% have more than the bottom 80%.
We'll get there, too.
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