Under Putin, the uber-wealthy Russians known as ‘oligarchs’ are still rich but far less powerful
TALLINN, Estonia — 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 to … Read more