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Word of the Day: KakistocracyWord of the Day: ‘Kakistocracy’ is far more than an obscure dictionary term. It is a striking linguistic weapon, sharp, historical and emot...- Bulgarians head to polls to elect parliament for eighth time in 5 yearsBulgarians are voting for the eighth time in five years. They hope to elect a stable parliament to end political deadlock. Nationwide prote...
- Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidencyPresident Donald Trump's attention to grand White House projects like a new ballroom draws criticism. Opponents say this shows he is out of...
- Trump and Putin's ‘useful idiot’ Viktor Orbán faces a tough election in Hungary; the EU bashing leader could lose its 16-year grip, opinion polls suggestHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's long rule may end Sunday. Economic woes and rising costs fuel discontent. Orban's "informational au...
- You just can't keep Steve Bannon out of news; MAGA nationalists says tech oligarchs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will abandon Donald Trump and Republicans; here's whySteve Bannon has warned that tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will eventually abandon Donald Trump and the Republican P...
- Under Putin, the uber-wealthy Russians known as 'oligarchs' are still rich but far less powerfulThe article discusses how the dynamics of power and influence have shifted among Russia's ultra-wealthy, commonly referred to as "oligarchs...
- US warns Hong Kong not to offer 'haven' to sanctioned oligarchs. All you need to knowAs a result of a $500 million superyacht moored in one of the city's harbors, the US has warned Hong Kong against becoming a 'haven' for sa...
- Mystery deepens on the death of Russian oligarch, his wife and daughter, who were 'axed to death'Sergey Protosenya, a multi-millionaire Russian oligarch, was found dead in their Spanish mansion alongside his family. Russian oligarch's w...
- Britain and European Union coordinate over more Russian sanctionsThe UK government said that, in coordination with the EU, it is sanctioning "178 Russian separatists" in eastern Ukraine, in addition to si...
- Swiss urged to crack down on Russian oligarchsCassis noted that Switzerland has joined the European Union's sanctions on Russia and has also has frozen the bank accounts and business of...
- Meet Russia's oligarchs, a group of men who won't be toppling Putin anytime soonWho are these oligarchs, and what is their relationship with Putin? And more importantly, will eroding their wealth do anything to end the ...
- How a playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on Russian oligarchsSince the invasion, much of the world has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian financial institutions and the circle around Putin, and eve...
- EU agrees sanctions on 14 oligarchs, blocks transactions with Belarus cbankThe new sanctions, imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine which the EU says is backed by Minsk, include the exclusion from the SWIFT ban...
- EU to sanction more Russian oligarchs, Belarus banks over Ukraine invasion -sourcesThe draft sanctions were adopted by the EU executive on Tuesday morning and will be discussed by EU ambassadors at a meeting starting at 14...
- Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachtsThe evolution of oligarch yachts goes back to the tumultuous decade after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, as state oil and metals indust...
- US to impose new sanctions on Russian oligarchs, including travel ban: SourceThe sanctions will match earlier EU measures against Russia's wealthiest figures and expand them to include a travel ban to the United Stat...
- US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of richThe raft of sanctions on oligarchs announced by President Joe Biden this week in response to the invasion of Ukraine may do little to dim t...
- Congress refutes V Kishore Chandra Deo's claims, says Rahul Gandhi not surrounded by coterieCongress today said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi was not surrounded by a coterie, dismissing claims of its senior leader V Kishore Cha...
- Bailout could turn tables on Russia's oligarchsThey amassed some of the world's biggest fortunes in the wild privatizations of Russia's post-Soviet chaos and the oil boom that followed. ...
- Putin may use credit squeeze as a tool to ‘destroy’ oligarchsVladimir Putin came to power in 2000 vowing to destroy Russia’s oligarchs ‘as a class’. Within two years, he’d driven two into exile and im...
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