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Some of Russia's richest and most powerful men have been described as oligarchs. But what does the term really mean and why is the West so fascinated with them?
The U.S. and its allies are going after the assets of Russia’s billionaires. Will sanctioning them hurt Putin?
A month ago, Vladimir Potanin sat alongside the world’s financial and business elite in New York power circles. Now, they’re closed off to him.
In 2000, Vladimir Putin began targeting oligarchs who did not bend to his authority. The loyalists who remained — and new ones who subsequently got rich — became like ATM machines for the president.
U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders are setting their sights on Russia's oligarchs as they seek new ways to punish Vladimir Putin--and those who have enabled him and profited from his reign--for waging war in Ukraine.