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About Russian oligarchs

Russian oligarchs amassed their wealth through post-Soviet privatization and often maintain close ties with the government of President Vladimir Putin. As a result, Western countries have sanctioned dozens of oligarchs following Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, freezing assets including yachts, real estate, and financial holdings. Targeted individuals include Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov, and others accused of enabling Russia's war economy.

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Nikita Malyshev signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry on April 8, the day after his 18th birthday. A little more than two months later, he was dead, becoming the youngest known Russian serviceman killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Malyshev came from Buryatia, a remote Russian republic in eastern Siberia that has supplied some of the highest numbers of contract soldiers and suffered some of the highest losses of any region since the start of the full-scale invasion. Days afte

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