[bert]

The stated fact is in part the reason oligarchs are oligarchs. They are not Bill Gates or Thomas Edison or Warren Buffet.

They siezed business and industrial opportunities via what is essentially corruption favored by the government

[zeugma]

They siezed business and industrial opportunities via what is essentially corruption favored by the government

They didn't seize a damned thing. The only difference between the soviet communists and post-soviet oligarchs are the names they attach to their lapels. Some of the faces changed, but very little else but the slogans.