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"The Russian oligarchy is of no consequence these days, he has spent 25 years consolidating power." Hm, in my perspection he consolidated his power with the ol
by hutzlibu 5y ago
"The Russian oligarchy is of no consequence these days, he has spent 25 years consolidating power."
Hm, in my perspection he consolidated his power with the oligarchy.
And a popular uprising I do not see coming in the near future, but once all those disillusioned soldiers come home and share their stories of the real war, while they discover how screwed up everything has become at home - then things might change.
- hef19898 5y agoThe oligarchy wasn't that important anymore, Putin silenced those oligarchs that opposed him and made the others allies. Now those ultra-rich and very powerful allies are loosing that power and money due to that alliance and Putin's actions. The big question is, what are the other powers to be thinking, the armed forces and the intelligence community? And what's gonna happen of one of those groups decides that Putin is more of a hindrance than a benefit? Or even a risk to their interests?
- hutzlibu 5y ago"The big question is, what are the other powers to be thinking, the armed forces and the intelligence community? " Ok, by my definition, they are part of the oligarchy ... so we probably only disagree on definitions.