doubtful. putin is the mob boss and he has them in line up to a point. putin got power and strong armed the oligarchs into giving him a cut of their business an

doubtful. putin is the mob boss and he has them in line up to a point. putin got power and strong armed the oligarchs into giving him a cut of their business and for them to stay out of politics. he made an example of one of them by putting the richest of the oligarchs at the time into prison... everyone else signed up. this is strictly putin being putin. edit also, a lot of the oligarch money is invested heavily in overseas banks that would and are being targeted by the sanctions. being a billionaire is not much if you can't access your money