oligarch

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Oleg Deripaska, a loyal Putin oligarch, recently posted a link to a Russian newspaper editorial that was unusually critical of the government’s failure to cultivate a healthy investment climate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Both were connected to Viktor Medvedchuk, a super-rich Ukrainian oligarch whose daughter has Putin as her godfather and who is a key and close Putin ally.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Both were connected to a man called Viktor Medvedchuk, a super-rich Ukrainian oligarch whose daughter has Putin as her godfather.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Garibashvili, 43, served two stints as Georgia's prime minister and was widely seen as the closest lieutenant of powerful oligarch and ruling Georgian Dream party chief Bidzina Ivanishvili.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

A translator explained he was part owner of the hotel as well as a local oligarch who controlled Siberian gas and oil fields.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French