Enriching yourself on stolen goods - even when you've enlisted state power to legalise the stealing - isn't very accurately described as capitalism, hyper or ot

Enriching yourself on stolen goods - even when you've enlisted state power to legalise the stealing - isn't very accurately described as capitalism, hyper or otherwise. Being super-rich in Russia is all about receiving privileges from the regime in exchange for loyalty. Ceasing your loyalty has consequences: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Berezovsky_(businessman) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Berezovsky_(businessman)