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> That parallels something Putin did in 2020. Putin called in the top two dozen oligarchs, and told them "Stay out of politics and your wealth won’t be touched
by darkwater 2y ago
> That parallels something Putin did in 2020. Putin called in the top two dozen oligarchs, and told them "Stay out of politics and your wealth won’t be touched.
> Khodorkovsky [...] was arrested in 2003
Something doesn't square here
- shakna 2y agoIt was in 2000 [0] [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/03/29/1088886554/how-putin-conquered-russias-oligarchy https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/03/29/1088886554/how...
- silvaring 2y agoIts a typo, the article says it happened in the summer of 2000.
- Animats 2y agoRight re 2000.
- richrichardsson 2y agoCould just be a muscle-memory typo. Much more likely to be typing 2020 these days than 2002.