When that doesn't quite get us over the hump, I'm expecting the same 'experts' to suggest (again, but now for a new reason) to get rid of their pets and start eating bugs.
Topic: Can sanctioned Russian oligarchs stop Putin's quest? (Read 58 times)
Apparently the key to 'hurting Putin', according to 'experts', is for Westerners to stop flying and driving.
When that doesn't quite get us over the hump, I'm expecting the same 'experts' to suggest (again, but now for a new reason) to get rid of their pets and start eating bugs.
When that doesn't quite get us over the hump, I'm expecting the same 'experts' to suggest (again, but now for a new reason) to get rid of their pets and start eating bugs.
Many of these people still support the invasion and I've even read articles that claimed oligarchs hope that Russia will one day be able to subdue whole Europe and create a new version of the Soviet Union, just bigger and better. There are channels on youtube where people read and translate Komsomolskaya Pravda. Just read a few translated articles and you'll see how brainwashed these people are. They really think they can fight with NATO and win, they also think that launching nukes at another country isn't such a big deal and that having food shortages and rising prices is fine because 100 years ago people had less and were able to survive the Germans, so having a war from time to time is fine.
So far, nothing has been able to shake the resolve of Russia's plans to seize Ukraine and make it a Russian territory; but with the onslaught of sanctions bombarded on Russia's elite is decidely taking a toll on them and are looking for ways to stay his wrath against the Ukrainians.
Putin on the one hand feels he needs to keep up a wall against those who want to influence his war effort and expresses a great displeasure at those individuals who are Russians but are earning abroad and likened them to Fifth columns.
A bucket list of international bans on bank account, assets, luxury goods and basically anything of value belonging to Russian oligarchs close to the Kremlin has cost them billions of dollars. Statistically, 400 or more Russian elite have been hit by sanctions from the US, EU and the UK have hit a low on the Bloomberg billionaires index by as much as two third of their wealth.
While there is evidence that these individuals have been using cryptocurrency exchanges to launder money and buy crypto by using the rubles, some of the oligarchs went into the war without a backup plan.
Prominent oligarchs in his council are Roman abramovich, Alexander abramov, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov and more and these are big movers and shakers in the world. The question is, are they powerful enough to restrain Putin?
Putin on the one hand feels he needs to keep up a wall against those who want to influence his war effort and expresses a great displeasure at those individuals who are Russians but are earning abroad and likened them to Fifth columns.
A bucket list of international bans on bank account, assets, luxury goods and basically anything of value belonging to Russian oligarchs close to the Kremlin has cost them billions of dollars. Statistically, 400 or more Russian elite have been hit by sanctions from the US, EU and the UK have hit a low on the Bloomberg billionaires index by as much as two third of their wealth.
While there is evidence that these individuals have been using cryptocurrency exchanges to launder money and buy crypto by using the rubles, some of the oligarchs went into the war without a backup plan.
Prominent oligarchs in his council are Roman abramovich, Alexander abramov, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov and more and these are big movers and shakers in the world. The question is, are they powerful enough to restrain Putin?
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