Oligarch

Debapriya Bhattacharya. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh

No reforms possible if oligarch class not broken: Debapriya

He described oligarchs as a group that, instead of serving the overall interests of the private sector, has influenced policymaking for their own narrow interests by taking control of the state

Bernard Arnault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, speaks during a press conference to announce a LVMH sponsorship deal for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais Ephemere in Paris, France, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

World+Biz

France probes world's second richest man Bernard Arnault over connections to Russian oligarch

Andrew Adams, director of the Justice Department's KleptoCapture task force, designed to enforce the economic restrictions imposed on Russia and its billionaires, speaks to the Associated Press in an interview at the AP bureau in Washington, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

World+Biz

US turns to new ways to punish Russian oligarchs for the war

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), which is operated by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, is pictured in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

World+Biz

Israeli private detective used Indian hackers in job for Russian oligarchs -court filing

Eclipse, a superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, is docked in the Turkish tourist resort of Marmaris, Turkey 22 March 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik

Europe

Freeze and seize? EU struggles to target oligarchs' assets

A Finance Police officer boards the superyacht from Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko which has been sequestered at the northern port of Trieste, Italy, 12 March 2022, in this screen grab taken from video, Finance Police/Handout via REUTERS

Europe

Italy seizes Russian oligarch Melnichenko's Sailing Yacht A

Casey Michel, journalist, Paul Massaro, policy advisor, Helsinki Commission. Sketch/TBS

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