A top Russian oligarch breaks the silence(economist.com)
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A top Russian oligarch breaks the silence
https://www.economist.com/1843/2026/07/09/a-top-russian-oligarch-breaks-the-silence
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LOL, if Putin sees they are seriously trying to frame Melnichenko as the future of Russia, he is going to laugh himself to death.
When you pray for rain, you’ve gotta deal with the mud. If you eat with the wolves, you’ve gotta deal with the blood.
There is no such thing as an innocent Russian oligarch in the Russian attack on Ukraine. They either fell in line or out of a window. Classic Putin.
During the sanctions hearing in 2022, Melnichenko cried like a little bitch about not knowing Putin personally and had a miserable little self-pr campaign about how innocent he was and how unfair everyone treated him.
Might just be me, but "Move closer, Andrey" from Putin sounds as distant as a Catholic priest whispering into the ear of an altar boy.
You do you, Melnichenko. I am sure his way to the top was a hard and deep one.
When you pray for rain, you’ve gotta deal with the mud. If you eat with the wolves, you’ve gotta deal with the blood.
There is no such thing as an innocent Russian oligarch in the Russian attack on Ukraine. They either fell in line or out of a window. Classic Putin.
During the sanctions hearing in 2022, Melnichenko cried like a little bitch about not knowing Putin personally and had a miserable little self-pr campaign about how innocent he was and how unfair everyone treated him.
Might just be me, but "Move closer, Andrey" from Putin sounds as distant as a Catholic priest whispering into the ear of an altar boy.
You do you, Melnichenko. I am sure his way to the top was a hard and deep one.
Tl;dr: Sanctions on oligarchs bad, they forced us to support russias war, woe is me. I am so so so very brilliant. I support the war effort, yet take no sides and make no moral judgements. Do not put more pressure on russia.
The ability of people to completely absolve themselves from the actions of their government without doing a single iota to protest said government.
As a non-American, it is bitterly funny to hear a NATO citizen say that.
I get what you are saying but anyone that apposes the government will likely end up dead or in jail. We hear about it all the time. As a group the oligarchs have power against the government but as individuals they really don't. They just smile and continue to do what made them rich.
You think you know what goes on in Russia, but you actually understand not so much.
Get it into your head: what goes on is that your country (your country's capitalists, not joes like you of course) wages an occupation (this is the final goal, unless you hide your head in the sand) war against Russia, and Ukraine is just a tool, as it happened before in history.
And if I, a person living in Europe, understand that perfectly, what do you imagine Russian people think?
Get it into your head: what goes on is that your country (your country's capitalists, not joes like you of course) wages an occupation (this is the final goal, unless you hide your head in the sand) war against Russia, and Ukraine is just a tool, as it happened before in history.
And if I, a person living in Europe, understand that perfectly, what do you imagine Russian people think?
No, that's not accurate.
Unfortunately it is much closer to truth than the western version of events
*looks at Ukraine*
Nope pretty sure thats Russia trying to occupy another sovereign nation, not us.
Nope pretty sure thats Russia trying to occupy another sovereign nation, not us.
You can downvote me, but my country has not invaded Ukraine. It has not been providing support to Israel to bomb civilians, it has not attacked Iran to distract from Epstein files.
People who protest in Russia tend to have fatal accidents.
Look at the mirror, american ubermensch
Sorry to hear this. I was hopeful of pressure on Putin.