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

The BBC has also learned that, in another case, an Italian businessman pleaded guilty to bribing the oligarch.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received millions of pounds from an oligarch using funds from a firm implicated in criminal corruption, a BBC investigation has found.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

But his shares have been frozen, depriving the oligarch of dividends and influence in the company.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Since he did not hesitate to explain his position in public every time he had the chance, for everyone but his own co-religionists he soon became a caricature of the picturesque, reactionary oligarch.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende