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A personal assistant to several sanctioned Russian oligarchs said they have witnessed the men break down in tears due to their assets being frozen.
The Mirror first reported the news.
Vladimir Putin's unprovoked war in Ukraine has led Western countries to take action against Russia, including targeting his allies, who are some of Russia's wealthiest businessmen.
"I have had to endure hearing them in tears because they can't get on board a private jet or book a holiday or even get an Uber anymore," the personal assistant, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, told The Mirror.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanctioned-russian-oligarchs-break-down-092712730.html
Oh boohoo.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)They can walk somewhere.
getagrip_already
(14,864 posts)They have the ability.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)And those asshole ogliarches jump out of their office windows like the rich parasites did during the stock market crash that I think happened in 1929.
Good part is if they die,more money to rebuild Ukraine.
BComplex
(8,069 posts)I'm good with that.
Escurumbele
(3,406 posts)life, or just figure out what to do. Maybe a little Roman history will inspire?
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)mysteryowl
(7,398 posts)They are literally sick with greed.
Rebl2
(13,570 posts)This needs to happen to some of the rich grifters in the US.🙄🙄🙄
Midnight Writer
(21,815 posts)Doesn't quite balance out, does it?
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Boomerproud
(7,968 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Unless it's because of frozen assets, but still sounds off.
blue-wave
(4,366 posts)You've been made to cry over your material losses. We'll put you on a flight. A direct flight to Bucha to dig up mass graves and give the Ukrainians your butcher friends slaughtered the dignified burial they deserve. Then we will send you to the front lines facing Russian forces. You can be the first to charge forward toward the Russian line!!
Psychopaths are truly sick creatures.
PatrickforB
(14,593 posts)They are inconvenient, you understand. Gosh, not being able to book a private jet is bad!
Poor little billionaires!
In the meantime, MILLIONS of Ukrainians have lost everything - homes, jobs, posessions - all because of the genocidal war crimes of the monster, Putin:
TeamProg
(6,285 posts)oligarchs have NO INFLUENCE on Putin. Money used to mean something to Putin but not anymore - now it's only power that he wants.
Watch the video, really interesting, it was posted this morning.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017726342
PurgedVoter
(2,220 posts)Let them cry before the victims of genocide. Let them cry all they want.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,267 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,473 posts)sakabatou
(42,178 posts)ColinC
(8,337 posts)...the one I've never had.
smb
(3,475 posts)cstanleytech
(26,326 posts)to stand trial for war crimes.
Joinfortmill
(14,473 posts)FakeNoose
(32,787 posts)... they will only replace him with Pootie Part 2. They have to make sure the next tyrant in the Kremlin is someone who will keep the grift spigots flowing for all of them. If they can't do that, they'll just stick with the tyrant they already have.
The REAL solution is for the Russian people to rise up and throw every one of these fuckers out of the country. They don't have to go back to communism because that didn't work out so well for the Russian people. But maybe they could give democracy a try, for a change. Elect some good, smart people who know how to run a country without breaking all their laws. It will be a challenge but I believe they can do it.
The younger generation of Russians have been seeing the rest of the world through the internet, and some have even gone out to see foreign countries. They have a pretty good idea how corrupt their system is.