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Irrelevant. russia watchers say he determine who is gets money and who doesnt, who gets to run business, who skims profit, and how the wealth is passed. he doesnt need any assets listed in his name, says journalist tom burgess. its all his when he asks. >> hes closer to something like the godfather, but ultimately, they owe everything they have to the boss, and with the click of a finger, as he has shown in the past, poon can take everything from an oligarch, however rich and influential. they a...

Fingers, as he has shown in the past, putin can take everything from an oligarch, however rich or influential, they all depend on him. >> reporter: exiled russian oligarch who was convicted of tax evasion and fraud spent ten years in a russian president, he says, for not playing putins game. he claims putin is paranoid, dangerous and must be stopped. >> translator: all the accounts of all the oligarchs who function as putins wallet must be stopped. they must all feel the pain right now, and it m...

He doesnt need any assets listed in his name says journalist tom burgess. its all his when he asks. >> its closer to something like the godfather, but ultimately they owe everything they have and with a click of the fingers as hes shown in the past, putin can take everything from an oligarch, however rich and influential they may seem they ultimately depend on it. >> reporter: exiled russian oligarch who was convicted of tax evasion and fraud spent ten years in a russian prison he says for not p...

Is irrelevant. watchers say putin controls who gets money and who doesnt, who gets to run business, who gets profit and how the wealth is passed. he doesnt need assets listed in his name, said journalist tom burgess. its all his when he asks. >> close to something like the godfather but ultimately, they owe everything they have to the box and with a click of fingers as hes shown in the past, putin can take everything from an oligarch, however rich or influenced, ultimately depended on. >> fight ...

>> translator: all the accounts of all the oligarchs who function as putins wallet must be stopped. they must all feel the pain right now and it must continue until the war ends. >> reporter: newly imposed sanctions from the west have now made it hard for many of the russian billionaires to do business outside of russia. yachts, bank accounts, frozen. inside russia, the economy shows signs of crumbling. but chipping away at putins brutal hold on power through economics will take time. from his a...

Putins game. he claims putin is paranoid, dangerous and must be stopped. >> translator: all the accounts of all the oligarchs who function as putins wallet must be stopped. they must all feel the pain and it must end. >> reporter: they have made it hard for the russian billionaires to do business outside russia. yachts, bank accounts frozen. inside, the economy shows signs of crumbling. but chipping away at putins brutal hold on economics will take time. from his actions, they believe putins str...