How the KGB shaped Vladimir Putin and his Russian oligarchs | It's Complicated



As Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February, countries around the world imposed severe sanctions on a group of influential Russian billionaires known as oligarchs. The intention being to turn the screw on Vladimir Putin’s war finances.
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But who are these oligarchs, and how does Putin manage them and their wealth? Through the stories of two prominent businessmen, Roman Abramovich and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Josh Toussaint-Strauss examines how Putin’s days in the KGB have informed the way he controls his web of oligarchs and their fortunes

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26 thoughts on “How the KGB shaped Vladimir Putin and his Russian oligarchs | It's Complicated”

  1. All billionaires in this world do the same things they invest their money, how they get rich it's up to their government to deal with that, there are many people from all over the world hiding their money in western banks right now Hypocracy become the norm because they all hypocrites including the media, look over there don't look here we are, democrats, we hold people accountable, we follow the rules, we have certain values and all that BS,

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  2. Notice how Bush senior having been the director of the CIA is never mentioned, nor how these Russian oligarchs oiled the wheels of western corporations dealings in Russia, which is why so many have refuge in London. British journalism has become as big a farce as its leaders.

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  3. michael king, son of lev buyanovsky and sophia buyanovsky, raided by fbi 10/31/2001. Michael married marianna king and live in los angeles in a 15m home. marianna is putin's daughter.

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  4. Just thinking out aloud. Didn't the Soviet Union totally collapse under Gorbachev.

    Then came the drunkard buffoon Yeltsin to finish off Russia.

    Putin turned Russia within like a decade back into a global power. Look how Europe and the UK are going into recession coz of him alone.

    Does anyone still think Putin is dumb or a coward? I don't think ex kgb operatives are???

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