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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