Hello Mike!

** On Saturday 29.11.25 - 17:47, Mike Powell wrote to ROB MCCART:

 >> I mean, look at Putin.. He was just an upper level KGB soldier
 >> when he took over as president and today he is worth as much
 >> as $200 Billion, depending on source. (Some say $70 Billion)

 MP> Technically, Russia is no longer communist.  That said, I strongly
 MP> believe that many of the broken things going on over there are because
 MP> the people in charge were part of that USSR upper class discussed above &
 MP> they've not really changed enough how they do things.

Russia is an oligarchy.

Take a look at "How to Slay a Dragon - Mikhail Khodorkovsky"

or.. "Putin's People - Catherine Belton"
or.. "Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs-A  
True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder - Ben  
Mezrich"

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