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Daniel Treisman proposed using a term "silovarch" (silovik and oligarch) for a new class of Russian oligarchs with backgrounds in Russian military and intelligence. [39] On 30 January 2018, the U.S. Treasury published a "list of oligarchs" as part of a document known as the "Putin list" which was compiled under the requirement of the CAATSA Act.
These oligarchs gained control of significant portions of the economy, especially in the energy, metals, and natural resources sectors. [15] Many of these individuals maintained close ties with government officials, particularly the president , leading some to characterize modern Russia as an oligarchy intertwined with the state.
Putin has kept most oligarchs at a distance – literally and figuratively. Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders are setting their sights on ...
It referred to a previous investigation by USA Today, which concluded that "38 Russian businessmen and oligarchs close to the Kremlin died in mysterious or suspicious circumstances between 2014 and 2017." [5] The phenomenon has been called "sudden Russian death syndrome" or "sudden oligarch death syndrome", a play on sudden arrhythmic death ...
The U.S. and its allies are going after the assets of Russia’s billionaires. Will sanctioning them hurt Putin?
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, nations around the world continue to target Russia’s oligarchs, the class of wealthy elites who make up some of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies.
The Semibankirschina (Russian: семибанкирщина, romanized: semibankirshchina), or seven bankers, was a group of powerful Russian business oligarchs who played an important role in the political and economic spheres of the Russian Federation between 1996 and 2000.
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