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With the oligarchy in Russia being what it is, it's not a stretch to think that any large company based in Russia is a proxy for the government. At the very lea
by exelius 9y ago
With the oligarchy in Russia being what it is, it's not a stretch to think that any large company based in Russia is a proxy for the government. At the very least, the executives of that company could be pressured by the state security apparatus.
Pretty much anyone with money in Russia crosses the Putin government at their own peril. There are numerous cases of Russian billionaires in opposition to Putin losing their companies to supposedly trumped-up charges of tax evasion and subsequently dying in jail under suspicious circumstances.
- jacquesm 9y ago> Pretty much anyone with money in Russia crosses the Putin government at their own peril. Having money is not a prerequisite, and in some cases even being in Russia is not a prerequisite.
- 4bpp 9y agoMy impression was that the charges are rarely trumped up; it's just that everyone remotely successful does it (so it's hard to be competitive without) and the law is enforced very selectively.