Posted on 04/23/2022 4:16:44 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Very few parts of Russian society have drawn more interest than the so-called “oligarchs.” These are incredibly wealthy men with political connections to Putin’s inner circle because, in the totalitarian kleptocracy that is Russia under Vladimir Putin, if you don’t have political ties to Putin’s inner circle, wealth doesn’t bring you power; it brings you a one-way trip to a Siberian labor camp.
The first generation of Russian oligarchs emerged from the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, whose state control over the economy began to loosen under Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika, or restructuring reforms.
Gorbachev’s successor as president, Boris Yeltsin, then ramped up privatization, seeking to transform Russia with its trove of state assets into a free-market economy — and fast. Yeltsin and the other architects of post-Soviet Russia rapidly loosened state control over prices and property, according to David Hoffman, author of “The Oligarchs” and a contributing editor at The Washington Post.
The government sold swaths of state-owned enterprise — from small restaurants to oil giants — in both rigged auctions and through privatization vouchers. A scramble for the spoils ensued.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
“Suicide”.
Any Clinton connections?
Gee, with entire families dead who inherits the assets of these billionaires?
Damn, if only we could convince our oligarchs to follow suit...
Swamps in russia?
The government sold swaths of state-owned enterprise — from small restaurants to oil giants — in both rigged auctions and through privatization vouchers. A scramble for the spoils ensued.
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China is the same (with the only difference is that only members of the party can “own” businesses).
Every company in China is owned by the party. Corruption is a way of life from top to bottom.
More Christopher Steele stories I see...
“Gee, with entire families dead who inherits the assets of these billionaires?”___________________________________________________________________
Most likely, back to the government.
That said, one of those families does have a son still alive; he was at college at the time of the other family members’ demise. Now, THAT young man has got to be scared silly at this time.....
Wouldn’t mind a few suicides among western oligarchs.
Acting like the KGB man he is, a politically damaged Putin rubbed out his rivals.
Maybe America’s oligarchs will follow suit. Six of their suicides would be a good start.
Who do you think raked in all of the $billions when Obama fined the banks? (for following the rules he set up...)
Its not like Congress gets a chance to approve the allocation of those $$$.
Watch the shadows. Our oligarchs need to fear the shadows.
Right? It would solve many problems that the political class create so they can solve them.
A girl can dream…..
The highest bidder.
Wonder if Putin paid the CIA to do his dirty work.
>>Our oligarchs need to fear the shadows.<<
Who knows what evil lurks in men’s hearts? The Shadow knows!
Can we hope that chinas military might is just as flawed/ crooked as the Russians.
In Stalin's day the Soviets were proud of their ability to make murders look like suicides.
I’d be keeping a low profile in Russia right now.
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