>As Russia’s tanks rolled into Ukraine last week, Vladimir Putin gathered the country’s top businessmen in the Kremlin’s ornate Hall of the Order of St Catherine to discuss their response to the economic shocks that would follow.
>The Russian president… told them he had “no other choice” but to invade Ukraine — and, if they wanted to keep their businesses, neither did they, according to people briefed on the meeting.
>But the power dynamic of the meeting made for a much starker message to the assembled billionaires. He warned that anyone who avoided doing business with companies sanctioned by the west would face punishment under the law — implying that the oligarchs had to make a stand.
>The comprehensive guest list for the meeting… showed that any form of dissent has become a distant prospect as Putin’s power becomes near-absolute, people close to some of the attendees said.
>“Nobody really wants to suffer. But the message is we will have to,” said a senior state banker, who demanded anonymity.
>“Being on the US sanctions list used to be a status symbol of patriotism. But now it’s a requirement. If you’re not on it, it’s suspicious. Putin will kill you if you do not oppose the US.”
>“The smart oligarchs get how things work here and the dumb ones aren’t oligarchs anymore,” a senior Kremlin official said. “Everyone who doesn’t like it is out, or in prison. Putin is no longer a President: he is a Tsar.”
>A pentagon assessment for President Biden concluded that sanctions would make no impact on President Putin's actions, as he has achieved a state of “unlimited power” in Russian politics. >And even if Russia’s oligarchs were to demand changes from Putin, they would still be unable to change his mind, one of the people briefed on the meeting said. “Imagine they go to complain to Putin,” said a diplomat from a European country where several Russian oligarchs own large assets. “They say, ‘Can you please revise your policy? I lost $4bn of my $5bn’. Putin says, ‘Do you want to keep the $1bn?’”
would bury it in the ground and dig it out a few months later It would look majestic in my garden.
Isaac Ramirez
Ahhh sorry like we're gonna scantion you AHHHH haha lol yeah I know it's just that were like, not gonna not sanction you lmao Lol what? Haha sry not sry lol
Austin Butler
If Biden really wanted to stop the war he would allow a treaty guaranteeing Ukraine's neutrality, and self-determination for the autonomous regions
Aaron Campbell
Putin, user? He is Russian man and he is very bad. Trust me, I am Agent Smith. I will even write "nigger" and "you will never be a woman". Now Putin - he looks like a monkey because he is racially impure. Ignore the meme flag and admire this a20.png "monke" image. I have learned that an insult of this nature comports with your board culture and by disseminating it, I can gain credibility among the members of this, your fringe community that I have studied and analyzed for years, secretly beginning to believe what I read while never seeming natural enough to fit in. But back to Putin - I mean, "Jewtin". You guys really don't like Jews, do you? Anyways, Putin is not based - but the Israeli-funded Azov battalion (they're Nazis! You like that don't you user?)Poroshenko, Zelensky and NATO? Now that's what I call based! If you support, or "shill", for Putin, you are a kike, which is not something I've been told you want to be. Now tell me, where do I have to go on the information superhighway to join Jewtin? And Russian Americans, look! I even know a few Russian words so that the most gullible among you will fall for my boss' ingenious strategy.
Jayden Perry
ngl.. that shit is Dope. Imagine if we had someone like that.. our businesses wouldn't leave, we'd still be a powerhouse of industry.
Now the only oligarch who remains loyal to the US is the My-Pillow guy.. all these other corporation set up manufacturing in foreign lands. Not even their customer service reps are american. We don't make shit anymore and China's become the top dog.
Aiden Thomas
Based. Russians must suffer, now they must make the west suffer.
If they were pointless, they wouldn't be pushing against them so hard. We destoryed their economy and a nation's war machine is only as good as it's ability to feed and reload it's soldiers.
Easton Gomez
>‘Can you please revise your policy? I lost $4bn of my $5bn’ >‘Do you want to keep the $1bn?’”
>sent into Ukraine to kill President Zelensky lmao, biggest load of bollocks I've heard so far
ah so the opposite, a retarded arcade game that makes War Thunder's arcade mode look ultra realistic.
Nathan Young
Biden and Putin working together for the great rest. Look at Biden’s actions on his first month in office, the only benefits were for communist countries who pay off the top politicians in America. This goes back to daddy bush
Dylan Thompson
>lost my mobile missile platform in a boating accident
