oligarch

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Those Russians include Chemezov; Arkady Rotenberg, a longtime associate of Putin; and Igor Kesaev, an oligarch involved in arms manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

There’s also little chemistry in his scenes with Alicia Vikander, herself struggling to find dimension in a trophy girlfriend, whose greatest skill in an ever-changing Russia seems to be as an oligarch whisperer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

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

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged the oligarch to "pay up now" or face court action.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 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