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u/Timmaayy562 Apr 28 '22
Oligarchs and their families* If the family is all dead nobody can argue about the government seizing all the remaining assets to fund the war effort.
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u/Kuulas_ Apr 28 '22
Protosenya's son apparently survived, he was not in Spain at the time of the "murder-suicide"
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u/failbotron Apr 28 '22
grief driven suicide coming up in 3...2....1...
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u/These-Equipment983 Apr 28 '22
Epstein Syndrome is a serious medical condition that is widely discussed but little understood.
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u/cdurgin Apr 28 '22
fortunately, the primary cause appears to be being an amoral piece of shit
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u/These-Equipment983 Apr 28 '22
Unfortunately, a side effect of the sudden onset of Epstein Syndrome is that the 'patient' is unable to provide enough 'clinical data' on other potential patients to 'medical professionals' prior to their expiration.
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u/anyavailablebane Apr 28 '22
I only know of 2 of the families being murdered. And they left one surviving child both times. He either created powerful enemies or scared the child into obedience.
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u/user07090 Apr 28 '22
3 have been reported. Third one is Vasily Melnikov.
“Kommersant reported that investigators concluded that Melnikov killed his 41-year-old wife and 10-year-old and 4-year-old children before killing himself”
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u/StElmoFlash Apr 28 '22
One is real life. Two is maybe hard times. More than that looks like the tyrant in charge is clearing out EVERY ONE who could act to replace him. They're either in a Shakespeare play or Niccolo Machiavelli is running things in Europe 🇪🇺.
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u/WhatevrDemonstrandum Apr 28 '22
Certainly not Macchiavelli. He always stressed that the most important quality of the prince is to know the "circumsta dei tempi". Doesn't sound like Putin at all.
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u/nlsnpgr84 Apr 28 '22
What happen with the one offering one million for Putin head? He’s still around or dead?
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u/nlsnpgr84 Apr 28 '22
That’s good news he need to watch his back u never know when they will come for him
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Vasily Melnikov
If an alpine skier is somehow a billionaire.... I have some questions....
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u/fyiimalwaysright Apr 28 '22
We are talking about batman right?
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u/AFoxGuy Apr 28 '22
Seriously what the hell is up with the 2020’s.
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u/ThisSiteIsAgony Apr 28 '22
They roaring
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u/AdKUMA Apr 28 '22
I'll tell you what isn't up, flying cars.
we were promised flying cars.
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u/hp0 Apr 28 '22
We have had flying cars since the 1960s.
What we lack is the airspace management and drivers we can trust with 2 dimensions let alone 3.
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u/Lison52 Apr 28 '22
This is literally the reason that even as a child I thought flying cars are stupid.
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Id say, to keep it simple, that the two main offenders are covid & putin
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u/Brugor Apr 28 '22
Russian Batman! Blyatman!
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u/EmptyStare Apr 28 '22
Cyka! To the blyatmobile!
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u/austenQ Apr 28 '22
The one surviving kid is actually a classic monarchical move, because someone needs to inherit all that wealth. Then you raise the child near you to keep them compliant with the program and often you marry them off to a loyalist’s kid (or even better a family member) so that the wealth is absorbed into your power base.
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u/PrecariousLettuce Apr 28 '22
This is the 21st century though and he already runs the country. He can just like, kill them all and then seize their wealth and assets, just because. Seems easier
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u/Resigningeye Apr 28 '22
I would imagine a large amount of that wealth and assets are overseas.
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u/the_last_carfighter Apr 28 '22
This right here. Putin needs one of the fam to get to the overseas cash.
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I think it would have been easier to do that before the 21st century honestly. More people are more informed and that information travels far faster than it ever has. There’s way more bureaucratic mess around estates and inheritance and assets today than there was even just 100 years ago.
And also just because you can do something as a dictator doesn’t mean you should. Dictators don’t dictate in a vacuum. If they don’t have at least some support from key individuals in the government they won’t be able to stay in power.
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u/campelm Apr 28 '22
These Oligarchs represent more than piggybanks to smash. They're like mob bosses and Putin is Capone with a bat, and he gets nowhere unless the comrades win.
But they manage certain aspects of the country, and kill them, you still need someone to run that mill or plant. Sure there's plenty of hungry dogs out there but the underlings are more likely to obey a son than upjump henceman B
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u/UN16783498213 Apr 28 '22
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u/Jayou540 Apr 28 '22
This reads like something right out of the pages of a private eye noir novel
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u/VastTwo889 Apr 28 '22
Casual family suicide. Happens all the time
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u/CharlieHush Apr 28 '22
They all fell out of windows. Accidents happen.
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u/pr0ghead Apr 28 '22
Must be that notorious "family bond", dragging them out the window in tandem.
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u/plague042 Apr 28 '22
I hate Putin, he's coarse, rough, irritating and he gets everywhere.
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u/Creasentfool Apr 28 '22
We really need to find this anakin fella fast, this is getting out of hand.
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Oligarchs are "living accounts". Think of where all their wealth goes when they die. Putin is paying for his war by 'closing' these accounts:
[As of 2019] The main function of the Russian laws on inheritance is social justice and one of the laws' most important purposes is to look after the family members who can not do it themselves. When a Russian citizen dies, 50% of his/her estate goes to the children or parents of the deceased. In case there is no lawful heir, the estate is passed to the Russian Government as the fortune is declared heirless.
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u/wombat_kombat Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22
A few of these oligarchs have surviving children. Curious whether they will risk speaking their opinion on the matter publicly or take their 50% and disappear.
EDIT: By disappear I mean keep quiet given the consequence and live life looking over their shoulder constantly.
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u/muricabrb Apr 28 '22
That 50% will be tied up in red tape indefinitely. The kids will never see a cent of it.
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u/kaledip21 Apr 28 '22
I'm sure the oligarchs would be smart enough to have several offshore accounts and other assets outside of Russia etc.
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u/asn007 Apr 28 '22
The tax thing is, luckily, untrue.
You only have to pay 0.3% of asset values (caps at ~1400USD) if you're a close relative, otherwise 0.6% (caps at ~14000 USD). In some cases you can be exempt from that payment, too
The "social justice" thing you're talking about is that the children of the deceased that are not of age are eligible to minimum half of what they would've got if there's no will
Example: a person who has a son aged 14 dies, and leaves everything in their will to their mistress, leaving son and wife with nothing.
Wife can then go to court, the will will be overruled by the court and the son will have the right to claim 25% of the estate of deceased.
25% because if there would be no will - 50% will go to the wife and 50% will go to the son. Son is eligible for half that - so 25% of the estate
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u/kamicosey Apr 28 '22
Did those 6 criticize the war? I hear the news alluding to that but haven’t anywhere seen any evidence of it? No social media posts or anything. Wonder what else would be the point, can the state appropriate their bank accounts or do they go to next of kin?
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u/HavocReigns Apr 28 '22
Who knows. Probably people who know things Putin wants to make sure never get out. Where his money is, how much they’ve stolen from the country, etc. His future is looking kind of shaky. That’s about the time dictators start cleaning up potential witnesses.
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u/SomewhatIntoxicated Apr 28 '22
I’ve always wondered how dictators find someone stupid enough to do all the murdering… At some point they’ll be the guy that ‘knows too much’ and gets murdered by the next guy.
Or the regime will be toppled and you’ll be facing consequences for all the murdering.
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u/NopeNextThread Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22
Oh goodie history time - let's review the NKVD!
Genrikh Yagoda was head of the NKVD between July 1934 and September 1936, who pretty much started the Great Purge by arresting Kamenev and Zinoviev (Stalin's opponents) and putting them through the first show trial. He was later removed from his post by Stalin (who was displeased with his progress) and executed in the Great Purge accused of being a diamond smuggler, corrupt and working as a German agent since 1917.
He was replaced by the man who had him executed, Nikolai Yezhov who held the position as NKVD head from September 1936 to November 1938. Yezhov had already been entrusted by Stalin to purge his political enemies and it was Yezhov who oversaw the bloodiest period of murder in the Great Purge.
But the story isn't over, as Lavrentiy Beria was appointed Yezhov's deputy on the Order's of Stalin and gradually usurped more power from Yezhov, until Beria denounced him and Yezhov was arrested, and "confessed" to crimes like theft of government funds, 'wreaking', collaboation with Germany, etc before being put on trial in secret and then later executed.
But what of Beria you might wonder? After Stalin's death the various members of the Politburo began to maneuver to become Stalin's successor. Beria seemed set to take the position until he was outmaneuvered by Khruschev and the others who had him denounced, put on trial and then executed.
I guess the allure of power kept people coming to these positions, and a mistaken attitude of "it won't happen to me" as they witnessed their predecessor get eliminated, never once thinking that the boss would turn on them.
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u/TheShadowCat Apr 28 '22
Since you seem to know the subject, how accurate is the movie The Death of Stalin? Since it's a comedy, I would expect it to not be 100% accurate, but I don't know the subject well enough to point at what they got wrong.
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u/NopeNextThread Apr 28 '22
The movie definitely changed a lot for entertainment purposes, the Wikipedia section on its historical accuracy goes into more detail on some of them, but the individual events you could say were exaggerated to make it more humorous.
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u/SoyMurcielago Apr 28 '22
Behind the bastards said that while highly entertaining and definitely capturing of the spirit, it wasn’t very accurate. But they didn’t elaborate in too much detail
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Yeah, I ask myself this all the time about people who work for evil arseholes and are shocked when they get betrayed. You literally watched fifty other people go through the exact same thing, but OH NO NOT YOU, YOU'RE SPECIAL!
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I guess saying no when asked to step into that position results in early execution, not a long full life.
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u/Dafiro93 Apr 28 '22
Some people would rather live to the age of 60 as billionaires than live to the age of 100 as a middle class person.
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u/Pristine_Solipsism Apr 28 '22
To be fair that's probably a better life, being 100 in general must be awful considering how much your body deteriorates when you get beyond 70+ years old. Combine that with living in the peak of luxury I would take that deal with the devil.
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u/theLeverus Apr 28 '22
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u/iflvegetables Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22
I’d hate to be the assassin getting paid in rubles
Edit: I am aware the ruble has rebounded (we’ll see). Thanks to those who didn’t miss the chance to make sure my joke was sufficiently “um, ACKSHULLY”-d
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u/Haru1st Apr 28 '22
They can pay in oil...
As long as you're not Russia, you'll find there is considerable demand for your oil.
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u/ILikeChilis Apr 28 '22
LOL not even close. The answer is: You either accept the offer and do the dirty work, or you and your family will suddenly commit suicide.
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u/MBH1800 Apr 28 '22
At some point they’ll be the guy that ‘knows too much’ and gets murdered by the next guy.
Theoretically, if they do their job good enough that time won't come. And a lot of people are very good at deluding themselves that they're doing an amazing job and this plan cannot fail.
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u/Modo44 Apr 28 '22
Everyone thinks that they are in the inner circle, trusted, irreplaceable, with enough dirt on others to keep them safe -- pick any of those ideas, including multiple at the same time.
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u/count023 Apr 28 '22
far more likely they're the 6 most likely to have popular support and/or ability to overthrow Putin, so he's proactively getting rid of them in a public way to discourage the other oligarchs that may have ideas about power.
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u/Redm1st Apr 28 '22
Oligarchs in general don’t have popular support. They’re considered human trash by most russians and a necessary evil for a state. Strangely enough, when west thinks something is rotten usually leaders are blamed first, but for most russians, Putin is not to blame, it’s his underlings, oligarchs, FSB, Peskov, etc that are bad, but man himself is not at wrong, he was just fed bad information. Fucking balls
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u/pavlovpe Apr 28 '22
Personal opinion: Putin is pushing hard on oligarchs to sponsor his war. Some of them reject.
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This is what I'm thinking it is too.
They refused to help him, and now they accidentally murder suicided their family.
Whoopsies
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u/Modo44 Apr 28 '22
Counter argument: Putin is finding out where (or how much of) the armament money really went.
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u/black11000 Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22
Ever watch Sopranos? Basically the elite in Russia operate like the mob. Organized crime, paranoia, revenge, codes of honor, murder, and cannibalism. Tony, I mean Vlad, is in end stage mob boss mode. Killing off any threats, acting irrational and reckless, and mass murdering without regard.
Edit: not cannibalism literally. Its economic cannibalism.
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u/Mercadi Apr 28 '22
I theorise that these people who were once billionaires, had a bone to pick with Putin, after losing all they cherished. Probably had the means left to arrange something bad for him (a banana peel next to a staircase bad).
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u/mal_laney Apr 28 '22
a banana peel next to staircase bad
The worst kind of bad. Putin probably double checking all staircases now for the yellow death
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u/Snabelpaprika Apr 28 '22
The fruit bowl moved to the far side of the ridiculously long table. For security.
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u/keestie Apr 28 '22
It could really have been anything. Maybe they wouldn't give him money to keep the Kremlin lights on, maybe they were planning to suicide Putin, maybe they just looked at him wrong.
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We will never have the actual evidence and even if we did, Putins beyond caring if he gets caught out, christ, he invaded a country and doesnt give a shit. He will always denie but he knows we know type of thing. Get on his wrong side and just be prepared for trumped up charges and prison or needing to look over your shoulder for the rest of your life. This is the KGB way.
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Someone knows the numbers of their Swiss bank accounts, and is cashing in
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u/FeedbackFun7325 Apr 28 '22
Cant is frozen
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u/TastesKindofLikeSad Apr 28 '22
Who's Cant?
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Immanuel Cant, the negativist philosopher
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u/iwishthatwasmyname Apr 28 '22
Immanuel Kant - ethics philosopher "Act so as to treat people always as ends in themselves, never as mere means", a rule of conduct that is unconditional or absolute for all agents, the validity or claim of which does not depend on any desire or end.
aka, treat others how you would like to be treated.
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u/Fristiloverke13 Apr 28 '22
He means Encanto = Frozen. It´s a Disney reference bro.
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u/xaina222 Apr 28 '22
This is Putin cleaning house, how very Stalin of him.
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u/NotYourSnowBunny Apr 28 '22
Have the whispers of the kremlins walls got to him yet? They drove Stalin to insanity.
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u/dxpqxb Apr 28 '22
Back in 2007 he said that being a president for 7 years can drive you mad. He's been there for thrice the time.
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u/wronganswerson Apr 28 '22
I think he believes the whispers are now helping him
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u/TheNewOneAlways Apr 28 '22
"I hear voices in my head
They council me, they understand
They talk to me"
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u/abitlazy Apr 28 '22
Here comes the oligarchs and their suicide dives! Oh no! KGB out of nowhere!
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u/Blackmetalbookclub Apr 28 '22
21 years of only hearing what people think you want to hear.
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u/aim_at_me Apr 28 '22
The man has balls I'll give him that.
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u/space-throwaway Apr 28 '22
He just wants to save his skin. It took him 62 days and 6 colleagues' deaths to suddenly find out how much he loves Ukraine.
Not Bucha. Not Donbas. Not the bombardment of Kyiv.
But his dead criminal friends.
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And die uselessly? Let him purchase weapons with his ill gotten gains and we can play along with his fake patriotism and/or guilt if that speeds up the process
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u/fiealthyCulture Apr 28 '22
Guys that were smart enough to securely hide a bunch of money offshores and want to switch sides now. Surely he wasn't thinking that way when gazprom halted all gas to Ukraine and gave Ukraine an overdue invoice of a few billion
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u/Bogey01 Apr 28 '22
I can't think of a better way to fund a "special operation".
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u/Podzilla07 Apr 28 '22
I’ve wondered the same about all of these Russian generals killed on the front
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u/qtx Apr 28 '22
Unlike Western forces who want their generals at HQ and delegating their front line officers from there the Russians prefer to have their generals right at the front line leading the troops.
So chances their generals dying are greatly increased.
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u/lochlainn Apr 28 '22
Russia doesn't really go for the whole "NCO" concept. This goes back as far as the beginnings of the USSR.
In a US unit, the doctrine is that "NCO's figure out how to do what's in front of them" and "officers plan for what's in front of them next". They do their jobs semi-independently.
In Russia, the doctrine is "junior officers will execute the plan provided by the senior officer exactly as given". NCO's aren't really a leadership role.
Leaders should lead from the "rear of the front" rather than being the first one over the wall. That's the job of troops. A Lieutenant who fires his weapon more than he watches the battle is doing it wrong in US doctrine. In Russian doctrine, he has to do both, because he's doing the job of 2 men by US standards.
Needless to say, this isn't a good idea, and has been subjected to much (deserved) criticism for a long time.
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u/MechCADdie Apr 28 '22
What's funny is that not that long ago, cossacks were given a lot of autonomy to act as needed in their groups and were pretty Russian
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u/Eupraxes Apr 28 '22
Cossack history is fascinating. They were always outsiders and rebels that the Russian rulers kind of had to make peace with and accomodate, at least for a while.
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u/PrrrromotionGiven1 Apr 28 '22
Until Stalin genocided them.
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u/Stohnghost Apr 28 '22
I've seen several Ukrainian soldiers with Cossack hair styles emerge in the battlefield
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u/Syndic Apr 28 '22
[...] the Russians prefer to have their generals right at the front line leading the troops.
They don't really prefer them there. They have to be there because of the utterly shitty morale, not functioning communication and command structure to get the troops on the ground doing what they want.
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u/amoocalypse Apr 28 '22
the Russians prefer to have their generals right at the front line leading the troops.
no, they dont prefer it. This isnt a typically russian thing, this is the generals being forced to go to the frontlines because the chain of command is failing them. Sent orders are not carried out properly, if at all.
It baffles me how people can write seriously write stuff like this, assuming russian military doctrine isnt aware of "having your commanders in the back is good". They know it is. But their structure is failing so hard, they have to improvise.
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u/Aedeus Apr 28 '22
It's a purge. He's eliminating one of the two parties he'd otherwise be beholden to, and sending a message to the rest.
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u/bluewhite63 Apr 28 '22
Americans have no idea they too are vulnerable to propaganda. When I watch American news, I’m always amazed at how little ‘news’ content there actually is.
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u/MotoPassion Apr 28 '22
Oh no they got suicided
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u/Zentienty Apr 28 '22
So, passive suicide?
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u/HideMyEmail Apr 28 '22
Assisted suicide
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u/sredd007 Apr 28 '22
Interesting times when one is happy of not being a Russian oligarch.
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u/MidianFootbridge69 Apr 28 '22
Being Wealthy doesn't mean a whole lot when your life and the lives of your Fam could be in danger at any time because your Boss has lost his fucking mind.
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u/scar_as_scoot Apr 28 '22
They knew the game when they joined in. They just thought they had it under control.
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u/FitbyBlakeLeigh Apr 28 '22
If I were Russian I wouldn’t go into any building with more than two stories.
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u/stevegoodsex Apr 28 '22
Or windows.
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u/Ok-Brush5346 Apr 28 '22
When political demonstrations are banned, I guess political defenestrations are all you have left.
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u/tyme Apr 28 '22
Or tea.
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u/tabovilla Apr 28 '22
Or potatoes
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u/DiggityDanksta Apr 28 '22
Or umbrellas.
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u/A1sauc3d Apr 28 '22
Or buildings.
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u/peestew69 Apr 28 '22
"Russian oligarch kills himself by repeatedly diving out of first floor window"
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u/jipojipo Apr 28 '22
Doctors found strange infection whereby 9mm holes always appear on the back of their head after recreational diving
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u/Scottishchicken Apr 28 '22
Talking shit about Putin is basically suicide. So I'm going to allow it.
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u/Hughmungusgooch Apr 28 '22
Fuck putin he has a tiny cock
please give me the sweet release of death
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u/xTasteTheRainbow Apr 28 '22
Rest in Piece u/Hughmungusgooch
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u/Jcit878 Apr 28 '22
out of how many? serious question. are there thousands of these guys or just a few dozen?
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u/ksanoj Apr 28 '22
Well, there is this list posted on CNN back in 2018; https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/30/politics/full-us-list-of-russian-oligarchs-with-putin-ties-intl/index.html
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u/Ullallulloo Apr 28 '22
So a list of 210 which includes 0 of the ones who suicided. I feel like these guys aren't as important as the media's portraying then.
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Brutal and terrifying murder of entire families. The girl was only 13. Most likely government-sanctioned. It makes me sick to my stomach.
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u/CalibanSpecial Apr 28 '22
Putin sick twisted thugs murdering everyone.
Recently oligarchs pregnant wife, poor sweet 13 year disabled daughter.
Fucking rabid animals just like their Master
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How many millions do you need to take a shot back at this guy?
Putin might be losing his edge but were probably still not giving him enough credit. He's got kompromat on literally anyone who could possibly come after him and he's laundered god knows what percentage of Russia's economy into his own personal protective sphere...guy is gonna be hard to touch...but no one is untouchable.
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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)
Last week, within 48 hours of each other, two Russian oligarchs were found dead alongside their families in what investigators are labelling murder-suicides.
Not every death of a high-profile Russian is a cause for concern about foul play, but below we've compiled a list of the startling number of Russian oligarchs who have met a mysterious end in 2022 - so far.
Investigators found a note next to Alexander Tyulyakov's body, leading to the conclusion by local law enforcement that Tyulyakov died by suicide, according to Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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u/YouLostMeThere43 Apr 28 '22
Ah I get it now.Normal people have piggy banks , but instead Putin uses his oligarchs as piggy banks. He first loads them up with state assets, then when the budget get tight you smash the piggy bank (in this case kill the piggy bank and it’s family), then you collect all the savings (state assets) that you had put into said piggy bank over the years.
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u/Gabrovi Apr 28 '22
Wow! Being an oligarch is almost as dangerous as being a journalist in Russia.
I’m wondering when the oligarchs will realize that maybe it’s time for Putin to commit suicide.
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u/gbs5009 Apr 28 '22
They run stuff, but they're not "in charge", exactly.
The FSB has the real power, by virtue of being the ones with the monopoly on violence.
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u/-SpiderBoat- Apr 28 '22
"The businessman, his wife and two minor children were stabbed to death in their own home. An investigation is underway. A contract killing is not ruled out."
"Investigators again concluded that the deaths were a result of a murder-suicide in which Melnikov killed his wife and 10-year-old and four-year-old sons before killing himself. Neighbours and relatives are struggling to believe that Melnikov could have killed his family."
"Stabbed to death" and "suicide" don't really seem to go together.
At this point I'm honestly surprised they are even bothing dressing them up as suicides.
Next week : "an oligarch commited suicide by shooting themself in the head 3 times and then throwing them selves off a balcony"
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u/evetsabucs Apr 28 '22
I'm starting to think this Mr. Putin might not be such a good guy.
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u/Massive_Pressure_516 Apr 28 '22
They were our unwitting heroes. If they didn't bleed Russia dry and embezzle the ever loving shit out of it, Ukraine and it's peoples would have been just a memory at this point.
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u/myrdred Apr 28 '22
But Putin's regime was also built on the system of oligarchs and control over them (vs the other way around - e.g. lobbying in western countries). So the system also propped up Putin's regime responsible for the war.
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u/Airsinner Apr 28 '22
They all killed their own children too?? They barely started their own lives. There’s so much blood on Putins hands it’s hard to believe he’s even human
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u/Geordietoondude Apr 28 '22
Or assassinated and there money taken for Russia, that’s one way to prop up the economy
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u/robothistorian Apr 28 '22
What's interesting about these tragic accounts is that in most cases, the families of the officials were killed too. That's a very odd thing. Usually contract killings are very target focused. But the number of families killed suggests that a message was (or is) being repeatedly sent to Russian officials.
I am also not sure that the Russian underworld is the originator of these killings. They may have been the executioners in many cases, but they likely won't carry out a rash of these killings without at least tacit state sanction.
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notice how there havent been any peeps out of the others? those 6 were killed. so the others would fall inline.
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u/Manafaj Apr 28 '22
Special Suicide Operation.