Or, more likely, to institute some kind of perpetual monarchy passed down through his 14 kids.
Or, more likely, to institute some kind of perpetual monarchy passed down through his 14 kids.
> Berezovsky, who elevated Putin to power from behind the scenes, was soon exiled and replaced with more compliant oligarchs. He also met a grisly end—found hanged at his Berkshire mansion at 67—a precedent that might give pause to anyone thinking of risking his business empire to play that gray-cardinal role for the likes of Trump and J. D. Vance.
No, one is a cruel fox and another one is a stupid monkey.
Their skills lie mainly in adaptability to the situations they found themselves in and using them, but neither is a mastermind.
Russians close to power have historically often met that fate - at least since 1917, I suspect either prison or forced internal or external exile was more common before that. Americans not so much I think, so this probably won't transfer.
Lots of examples from American history too though where things turn out better like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Girard
lose -> lost
loose -> loosened
It is rare for Oligarchs to be in electable position. They do not need for that.