The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data

Re:The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer... by sidibe on Thursday August 10, 2023 @07:39AM (#37074828)

I do think they don't use oligarch for all Russian billionaires. For example it isn't used for Tinkov or Durov. In 90s-00s there really were oligarchs now they use it for the ones that are or were maybe affiliated with government, like the childhood friends of Putin or former KGB/St Petersburg mayors office who all happen to be CEOs of huge companies

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Re:The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer... by AtlasBarfed on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:19PM (#37092730)

I've heard successive stories of oligarchs getting shaken down for money or outright purged by Putin that I don't think Russia is an oligarchy. That implies some collective decision making.

The Ukraine war is madness and reflects a ruler with absolute power.

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