Comparing ‘entrenched corruption’ of new wave to that of Khodorkovsky is silly. Khodorkovsky and company were exponentially more corrupt.
Another point is that 90% of Yeltsin-era oligarchs are still in business after adopting to the rile of law.
Modern ‘oligarchs’ are mostly businessmen in a true sense of this word.
Yup people vote for Putin because they feel any alternative would be much worse. They’re stuck.