RUSSIA’S OLIGARCHS FACE TOUGHEST EVER SANCTIONS, BUT ARE YET TO TURN ON PUTIN
June 27th, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which as of June 10 had killed 4,339 civilians (UN figures) – sparked an unprecedented range of sanctions against Russia’s financial, business and political elite. But there is little evidence as of June - with the invasion entering its fourth month - of upset Russian oligarchs pressuring President Vladimir Putin to abandon his bloody invasion, because they had lost access to their yachts, mansions and bank accounts.
On paper, with the US, UK, European Union (EU), Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia and ...
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