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brush

(53,771 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2022, 02:16 AM Mar 2022

Anyone heard of lately, or wonder where Semion Mogilevich, the Russian...

mob boss stands on Putin and the Ukraine invasion?

He's Ukrainian. I wouldn't call him an oligarch, though he's probably as rich as some of them. He has to have pull some kind of way in Russia/Ukraine.

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Anyone heard of lately, or wonder where Semion Mogilevich, the Russian... (Original Post) brush Mar 2022 OP

You mean Putin's boss? Pachamama Mar 2022 #1

This. I would definitely cal Mogilevich a crime boss AND an oligarch FreepFryer Mar 2022 #2

I can't imagine anyone who does any kind of international business is thrilled anarch Mar 2022 #3

They're all the same. rockfordfile Mar 2022 #4

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

1. You mean Putin's boss?

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:27 AM

Mar 2022

I was wondering when his name would appear…

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

2. This. I would definitely cal Mogilevich a crime boss AND an oligarch

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:29 AM

Mar 2022

anarch

(6,535 posts)

3. I can't imagine anyone who does any kind of international business is thrilled

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:37 AM

Mar 2022

by this misadventure. I was also wondering the other day what the Russian mob's stance is in general here--I see nothing good coming to them out of this whole situation

rockfordfile

(8,702 posts)

4. They're all the same.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:42 AM

Mar 2022

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