TALLINN, Estonia (AP) When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed those Russians known as “oligarchs” as men who whose vast wealth, ruthlessly amassed, made them almost shadow rulers. A “government of the few,” in the word’s etymology. The term has persisted well into Putin’s rule, broadening in popular usage […]
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VERONA, Italy (AP) Sitting on a terrace in Verona as the bells toll at a nearby medieval church, Igor Makarov sips coffee as he describes his life as a billionaire under Western sanctions. Most of his fortune earned doing business in Russia and the former Soviet Union is frozen, and his plans to develop […]
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When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed those Russians known as o ligarchs as men who whose vast wealth, ruthlessly amassed, made them almost shadow rulers. A government of the few, in the word s etymology. How much political power any of Russia s uber-rich now wield, however, is doubtful.