Oligarchy in Russia: The Jaws of a dilemma
"As Ukraine looks to rebuild both practically and socially (a reconstruction program requiring hundreds of billions of Euros is being put forward and there are tentative plans to restart the country’s football season), the biggest earthquake is yet to come. In an unexpected yet devastating move, President Zelensky has stripped Ukrainian citizenship from Ihor Kolomoyskyi, one of the country’s most powerful oligarchs, which now leaves the latter at very real risk of extradition to, and criminal charges in, the USA. This may be the first shot in a new front of the Ukrainian conflict: the acceptance that, in order to rebuild, the old power structures must be torn down if reconstruction is to mean anything..."
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