The war, which has been raging on for five years since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, has seen the country's defence costs soar, reaching 15.5 trillion roubles (£144bn) in 2025.
There’s a podcast called Sad Oligarch. It talks about just how many rich Russians have died under mysterious circumstances since Putin started his war.
I imagine that’s due to a combination of dissent against the war or insufficient support for it? And then, is the implication that their holdings were usually scooped up by the state?
There’s a podcast called Sad Oligarch. It talks about just how many rich Russians have died under mysterious circumstances since Putin started his war.
I imagine that’s due to a combination of dissent against the war or insufficient support for it? And then, is the implication that their holdings were usually scooped up by the state?
If not the state itself then the state owned companies that they controlled, or one of Putin’s allies.
But yeah, the podcast is worth a listen.