Name: Putin and the Oligarchs
Uploaded: 2022-01-01
Duration: 43 min 13 s
Description: In 2003 Vladimir Putin publicly caged and exiled the richest man in Russia. When Oligarchs asked how to avoid that fate, Putin responded: “50 percent.” In one bold stroke, Putin spread fear and consolidated his power. The inside story of Russia’s super-rich and the man who rules over them.

In 2003 Vladimir Putin publicly caged and exiled the richest man in Russia. When Oligarchs asked how to avoid that fate, Putin responded: “50 percent.” In one bold stroke, Putin spread fear and consolidated his power. The inside story of Russia’s super-rich and the man who rules over them.

This documentary examines how Vladimir Putin reshaped Russia's oligarchs, using fear to consolidate control after the fall of the Soviet Union. Through high-stakes arrests, immense fortunes, and global scrutiny, it reveals the tense bond between the super-rich and the ruler they could not outmaneuver. Sign up to watch a gripping account of wealth and power colliding on a world stage.

Inside the shadowy bargain between power, fear, and Russia's billionaires.

With war raging in Ukraine, the oligarchs are caught between sanctions in the west and a backlash at home. Inside Russia’s super-rich and the man who rules over them.

Inside the shadowy bargain between power, fear, and Russia's billionaires.

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