{"id":4333,"date":"2025-12-28T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:02:02","slug":"rich-and-voiceless-how-putin-has-kept-russias-billionaires-on-side-in-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/?p=4333","title":{"rendered":"Rich and voiceless: How Putin has kept Russia&#8217;s billionaires on side in the war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"656\"><strong data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"159\">1. News related to events and topics or subjects or issues:<\/strong><br data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"162\" \/>During the war with Ukraine, the number of Russian billionaires reached an all-time high, yet their political influence has drastically diminished over Vladimir Putin\u2019s 25-year rule. Figures like Oleg Tinkov lost billions and left the country after criticizing the war. Former oligarchs, once powerful in the post-Soviet era, now face a Kremlin that rewards loyalty and punishes dissent. The invasion has consolidated Putin\u2019s control over Russia\u2019s richest, aligning them with his war economy.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"661\" \/>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"1284\"><strong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"720\">2. Causes of events and topics or subjects or issues:<\/strong><br data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"723\" \/>The decline of oligarchs\u2019 political power stems from Putin\u2019s carrot-and-stick policies, targeted nationalizations, and suppression of dissent. Sanctions, war-related losses, and the departure of foreign companies created opportunities for Kremlin-aligned businessmen to acquire assets cheaply. Wealthy Russians either cooperated with the government or risked losing fortunes. Historical cases like Khodorkovsky and Tinkov show the consequences of opposing the state, while the invasion of Ukraine incentivized loyalty through financial and strategic benefits.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1286\" data-end=\"1289\" \/>\n<p data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1902\"><strong data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1365\">3. Lessons to be learned from events and topics or subjects or issues:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1368\" \/>The situation illustrates how authoritarian regimes consolidate control by linking wealth and loyalty to state interests. Sanctions intended to pressure elites can instead strengthen internal alignment if escape routes are blocked. Russia\u2019s billionaires, despite Western efforts, remain influential yet dependent on the Kremlin, highlighting the fragility of wealth without political autonomy. Observers see that power and prosperity in such contexts are inseparable from compliance, and dissent can lead to exile or financial ruin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. News related to events and topics or subjects or issues:During the war with Ukraine, the number of Russian billionaires reached an all-time high, yet their political influence has drastically diminished over Vladimir Putin\u2019s 25-year rule. Figures like Oleg Tinkov lost billions and left the country after criticizing the war. Former oligarchs, once powerful in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banner","category-economy","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4335,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions\/4335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}