The marriage of Oligarchs and power isn’t just a Russian story. Sanction Australia’s Oligarchs and watch the LNP crumble.
Some of Russia’s richest and most powerful men have been described as oligarchs. But what does the term really mean and why is the West so fascinated with them?
While Putin is “doing it” the West merely “postures”.
It shouldn’t be difficult to seize—or at least freeze and hang onto—the wealth Russian oligarchs have deposited in the West. After all, a mega-yacht is hard to miss, and private jets, some of the most valuable assets that can be purchased, can barely move across an airport taxiway without being directed and tracked by air traffic controllers. Earlier this week, France did manage to seize the 290-foot Amore Vero, owned by close Putin associate Igor Sechin, but it was one of the few oligarch-linked items taken since the war started.
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