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It would be great if Oligarchs around the world were uncomfortable. This should be and opportunity to catalogue just exactly who the oligarchs are and what are

It would be great if Oligarchs around the world were uncomfortable. This should be and opportunity to catalogue just exactly who the oligarchs are and what are their assets and how are they affected.

rjsw 5y ago
Might also be helpful to declare that anything confiscated from an oligarch will be given back to the Russian people/state after everything has calmed down.
- scoot 5y ago
  That's what's happening in part to frozen assets of the Afghan Central Bank [1], so it's not entirely beyond the realms of possibility – but how that would work in practice in Putin controlled Russia I have no idea. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/11/politics/executive-order-afghanistan-9-11-humanitarian-aid/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/11/politics/executive-order-...
akrymski 5y ago
Oligarchs don't run the country. They have zero control. It's like saying let's sanction Elon Musk for Iraq. The country is run by the military. Protesters are jailed for 3-5 years.
- samstave 5y ago
  Putin has a direct tie to all ologarch money - they need to give him his cut for "protection" (from him) so as to not get poloniumed. So any hit to a Russian Oligarch can eventually lead to a personal hit to Putin. However, with all the resources of an entire nation under his singular pudgy fist, im sure he has plenty of shell-assets all across the west. Also, ne thing we are not talking about is how the Russian mafia is profitting. There is a huge Russo-Israeli mafia (speocifically in NYC (Kutchner fam)) and they apparently own a ton of real estate in NYC. This is who co-opted 1980s Dnald Trump... If you arent familiar with this part of history, its been well hidden - but the Russo-Israeli Mafia in NYC is powerful. Follow the money and all that... The human cost of all of this is going to result in a shitstorm of suffering on the part of young russian women as human trafficking is going to spike in the next ~18 months.
LinusPrime 5y ago
I honestly thought the revelation of the Panama Papers would trigger something similar, here's hoping this new conflict will help move the needle...

It would be great if Oligarchs around the world were uncomfortable. This should be and opportunity to catalogue just exactly who the oligarchs are and what are their assets and how are they affected.

rjsw 5y ago

Might also be helpful to declare that anything confiscated from an oligarch will be given back to the Russian people/state after everything has calmed down.

scoot 5y ago
That's what's happening in part to frozen assets of the Afghan Central Bank [1], so it's not entirely beyond the realms of possibility – but how that would work in practice in Putin controlled Russia I have no idea. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/11/politics/executive-order-afghanistan-9-11-humanitarian-aid/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/11/politics/executive-order-...

akrymski 5y ago

Oligarchs don't run the country. They have zero control. It's like saying let's sanction Elon Musk for Iraq. The country is run by the military. Protesters are jailed for 3-5 years.

samstave 5y ago
Putin has a direct tie to all ologarch money - they need to give him his cut for "protection" (from him) so as to not get poloniumed. So any hit to a Russian Oligarch can eventually lead to a personal hit to Putin. However, with all the resources of an entire nation under his singular pudgy fist, im sure he has plenty of shell-assets all across the west. Also, ne thing we are not talking about is how the Russian mafia is profitting. There is a huge Russo-Israeli mafia (speocifically in NYC (Kutchner fam)) and they apparently own a ton of real estate in NYC. This is who co-opted 1980s Dnald Trump... If you arent familiar with this part of history, its been well hidden - but the Russo-Israeli Mafia in NYC is powerful. Follow the money and all that... The human cost of all of this is going to result in a shitstorm of suffering on the part of young russian women as human trafficking is going to spike in the next ~18 months.

LinusPrime 5y ago

I honestly thought the revelation of the Panama Papers would trigger something similar, here's hoping this new conflict will help move the needle...