No. 233: Russia’s Oligarchs

Author(s): Heiko Pleines, Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Series Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Volume: 233
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Publication Year: 2019

This edition focuses on the role of oligarchs in contemporary Russia. Firstly, Heiko Pleines notes that the political influence of oligarchs should be considered not only in terms of their influence on policies directly related to their business interests, but also their potential impacts on political regime change. Secondly, Elisabeth Schimpfössl outlines how newer generations of rich Russians tend to justify their wealth in ways that are more in line with international norms, rather than the assertions by the first generation that their success was due to biology.

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