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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by mseebach on Thursday October 10, 2013 @09:57AM (#6527681)
Enriching yourself on stolen goods - even when you've enlisted state power to legalise the stealing - isn't very accurately described as capitalism, hyper or otherwise.

Being super-rich in Russia is all about receiving privileges from the regime in exchange for loyalty. Ceasing your loyalty has consequences:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Berezovsky_(businessman)

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