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> Wondering when a Russian oligarch says “you know what I think we’d be better off without this guy alive. And I think that Putin has clearly demonstrated how
by davidgay 5y ago
> Wondering when a Russian oligarch says “you know what I think we’d be better off without this guy alive.
And I think that Putin has clearly demonstrated how much more powerful the state is than the oligarchs (anywhere, not just Russia). Look up what happened to oligarchs who opposed Putin. See, e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky
- BbzzbB 5y agoDidn't even seem to be that critical from what I gather he (16th richest man) got expropriated and thrown in jail for starting Open Russia Foundation whose mission was "to foster enhanced openness, understanding and integration between the people of Russia and the rest of the world", and I guess for "fund[ing] Internet cafés in the provinces, to get people to talk to one another. He funded training sessions for journalists all over the country. [In 1994] He established a boarding school for disadvantaged children and pulled his own parents out of retirement to run it. By some estimates, he was supporting half of all non-governmental organizations in Russia, by others, he was funding 80 percent of them." I get that doesn't fly in an totalitarian state, but it seems like a far-cry from being an outright revolutionary like a Navalny. Man's got an interesting perspective from which to tweet about this whole mess (wish Twitter had an auto-translate feature rather than clickityclicking one by one).
- jacquesm 5y agoCredible competition.