The alchemist
VIP
There are a couple of crucial elements you're leaving out that makes this scenario highly unlikely to even occur; 1) the oligarchs symbolize Russia, EU especially the US will not suddenly change their opinion of them; and 2) the oligarchs will never trust the West, the side that constantly demonizes them to be highly corrupt—the people that automatically targeted their wealth items because of convenience—to be reliable partners if they in a strange setting decouple Putin. The West wants a broken Russia, and the Russians, wealthy or not, understand an open-question option does not exist for them. Either they stick to Putin or get destroyed.You are underestimating what people will do when money has run out. Yes the oligarchs bend the knee for him because going against him was stupid and you can make your money by getting along with him. But intelligence can be bought and the west will work with these oligarchs to get rid of Putin and how it would be beneficial for both. History shows when a leader has too many enemies he tend to fall. Putin took in more than he is capable off
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