Reminds me of Ivan and the Boyars and Peter and the Yeltsi. Or even Stalin and the Old Bolsheviks.
Good analogy. It is much like the demise of Trotsky, Radek and Zinoviev. The Moscow Times even has an article today suggesting that:
Putin in Stalin's Footsteps Doesn't mention the oligarchs, only Putin's supposed military ambitions. Designed to frighten western investors and help the oligarchs (who happen to run the media in Russia).