The "never have" part certainly isn't true. For a certain period of time, they definitely had significant influence. They just refuse to acknowledge how Russi

The "never have" part certainly isn't true. For a certain period of time, they definitely had significant influence. They just refuse to acknowledge how Russia really operates. By and large they have, actually, which is why one seldom hears the "oligarchs" mantra these days. In other words -- though you're correct in response to the flagged commment, in the bigger-picture sense, you're railing against a straw man.