Putin is unlikely to tempt Russia’s wealthy to return
Linking sanctions to businessmen’s ability to influence the war is a misreading of how power and wealth work in Russia
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- State of the nation
- There are no 'oligarchs'
- Putin's men
- Tamed oligarchs
- Wealth-power dynamic inverted
- Anti-wealth sentiment
- Misinterpretations
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