From a Bulgarian perspective what I’ve said holds true. The oligarchs themselves were often picked from prominent nomenklatura families and in spite of not havi

From a Bulgarian perspective what I’ve said holds true. The oligarchs themselves were often picked from prominent nomenklatura families and in spite of not having a background as state security officers, were largely kept responsible for their actions by them. The state security officers had all the information about trade routes, information about all state enterprises and their financial status, etc.