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"I Gave Them Everything And They Betrayed Me": Can Oligarchs Take Putin Out? - The Russian Dude
The Russian oligarchs are in their own world of extravagant rich. This is beyond comparison. Net worth of more than tens of billions. Mere millionaires can't compare. But how did oligarchs come to accumulate so much wealth and power? The biggest rise of oligarchs happened in the 90s. And since then, those loyal to Putin stayed in power. While the rest, mysteriously disappeared. But can those unsatisfied oligarchs take Putin out?
0:00 What's up!
1:00 Extravagant world of super-rich
5:30 The rise of the oligarchs
9:32 Can oligarchs take Putin out?