| The wealth of the Russian state was transferred not to the people but to a few oligarchs. |
| Putin has the opportunity to put an end to a number of Russian oligarchs, or at least to radically diminish their pernicious political role. |
| Oligarchs come, oligarchs go, but the true fan can never switch allegiance. |
| Until late 1999, moreover, almost none of the oligarchs had done much to restructure or improve the assets they had acquired from the state. |
| Some of these oligarchs developed especially close relations with Yeltsin and his cronies. |
| We are starting to win back our country from the media, the oligarchs, the corrupt politicians. |
