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To: Onthebrink

One report says Putin is worth 70 billion.


5 posted on 01/29/2021 1:45:15 PM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

All of those oligarchs are oligarchs because of their favored status with the state. Of course the people that make the oligarchs are getting rich too, they just have to pretend they aren’t. Which is why stealing $70B is sort of pointless because you can’t actually admit you have it by, you know, spending it. A politician can get away with having several mansions he can’t legitimately afford as long as they aren’t TOO ostentatious (like Joe Biden has gotten away with)


10 posted on 01/29/2021 2:08:28 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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