Tag: oligarchy

• ‘You could fill a museum with it’: the $963m Roman Abramovich art collection revealed

  September 22, 2023

  At first glance, the red-brick facade near a line of railway arches resembles an ordinary south London warehouse. On a cold February day in 2014, a precious cargo left this… more ›

• The Bling Dynasty

  July 15, 2020

  “Luxury in China is not frivolous. It is not superficial. Luxury is a tool of success on the battlefield of life.” – Tom Doctoroff, CEO J.W.T. Asia Pacific The Chinese… more ›

• Moscow High Society — the Story INSTITUTE

  July 15, 2020

  As Western capitalism entrenches and matures within a new generation of Moscow wealth, the economic divide grows, and the elite define themselves by gilding their modern miens with the traditions… more ›

• When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale

  December 1, 2018

  When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale How the financial crisis precipitated a mass exodus of Western investment from Central Europe—and paved the way for oligarchic takeovers of media.… more ›

• The Curious World of Donald Trump’s Private…

  January 19, 2017

  The Curious World of Donald Trump’s Private Russian Connections » Did the American people really know they were putting such a “well-connected” guy in the White House? Throughout Donald Trump’s… more ›