Georgien - ein Land in der Geiselhaft eines Oligarchen
Die Regierungspartei in Georgien strebt mit aller Macht eine weitere Amtszeit an und setzt die Zukunft des Landes aufs Spiel. Dahinter steht ein Oligarch, der überall Feinde sieht. Von Silvia Stöber.
For the pro-monopoly crowd that absolutely dominated antitrust law from the Carter administration until 2020, Amazon presents a genuinely puzzling paradox: the company's monopoly power was never supposed to emerge, and if it did, it should have crumbled immediately.
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@pluralistic From the post - an incredible insight:
Amazon is the poster-child for monopoly run amok. As Yanis Varoufakis writes in Technofeudalism, Amazon has actually become a post-capitalist enterprise. Amazon doesn't make profits (money derived from selling goods); it makes rents (money charged to people who are seeking to make a profit)
BTW - personally I have not purchased anything from amazon in years. I stopped my once in a random blue moon shopping at #WholeFoods, and absolutely refuse to become a #prime member.
Son of #Russian#oligarch known as ‘only man #Putin trusts’ mysteriously dies at 35 after complaining he was 'suffocating' >>>
The death of Ivan Sechin, 35, heir to #IgorSechin, 63, who runs #Rosneft, was kept quiet for two weeks.
Yes, I realize this comes from The Sun 😏
If you scroll down, they have a section on all the "elite Russians," many connected to the energy sector, who have died since the invasion of #Ukraine.
Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky will remain in custody until March 2 with a bail set at Hr 2.65 billion ($71 million), Suspilne reported on Jan. 22, citing the Shevchenkivskyi district court’s decision.
Zionist hedge fund bully Bill Ackman threatens Business Insider, who exposed his wife's plagiarism: “I predict that Business Insider will go bankrupt and be liquidated. It is just a matter of time"..#BillAckman..#Zionism..#Israel..#oligarch..#a$$hole..
A company associated with billionaire Oleg Deripaska, the Moscow-based firm Arsenal, bought a Falcon 7X jet from the Kazakh carrier Irtysh-Air and imported it to Russia in February 2023.
"...it is tax cuts, primarily those of presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump, that have been the primary drivers of the budget deficit, so it would seem logical to end them, especially since they have never boosted the economy as promised
...rather than ending them, the Republicans are eager to extend them. They embrace the idea that the best course for the nation is to slash taxes and services and to concentrate wealth at the top of the economy. " https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-4-2023-c67?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #Oligarch#Money
#BlaineHiggs thinks #NewBrunswick is a game he plays where the object is to do as many favours for his former employer & #oligarch pals while making life as impossible and dangerous for everyone else.
This man thinks he is legitimately doing great things because of some numbers on some pages he looks at instead of opening a window or stepping into the real New Brunswick that he has decimated.
@jd ugh! To everyone: the next time you feel it’s convenient to order something from Amazon, take pause. Do you really want to put another dollar in this man’s pocket? #oligarch
REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST GETS 18 MONTHS FOR FACILITATING ILLICIT RUSSIAN DONATION TO 2016 TRUMP CAMPAIGN
Jesse Benton, a #Republican strategist, was just sentenced to 18 months in prison for facilitating an illicit $100K donation from a #Russian oligarch to the Trump Presidential campaign in 2016.
Lucian K. Truscott says that Trump is openly announcing his plan to build "camps" and round up undesirables to place in this camps if he's elected president, because he thinks this rhetoric will energize voters.
He notes that when Hitler became German chancellor, he began building concentration camps and rounding up the "vermin" who were infesting the clean, healthy German people.
@wdlindsy Yup! Whose side is the media on?????
Let me guess. Trump is supposedly rich and therefore an #oligarch and therefore the #Oligarchy controlled media favours him?
The detention of one of Ukraine's richest men, Ihor Kolomoisky, has been extended for another month, Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district court ruled on Oct. 27.
Oligarchen-Villa am Tegernsee: Luxusautos bei Razzia abtransportiert
Als Reaktion auf den Krieg gegen die Ukraine hatte die EU Sanktionen gegen kremlfreundliche Oligarchen verhängt. Nun hat der Zoll das Anwesen eines Betroffenen am Tegernsee durchsucht und mehrere Luxusautos beschlagnahmt.
Despite his personal connection to #Putin , #Prigozhin wasn’t seen by the #Wagnerites as a #Kremlin -linked #oligarch but rather as an outsider, as one of them. As a former convict himself, he spoke their language.
'Prigozhin was very popular with his fighters, because many were also very critical of the Kremlin, its policies and the #war , especially how it is being commanded by the Defence Ministry.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb
Court prolongs oligarch Kolomoisky's detention until March (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky will remain in custody until March 2 with a bail set at Hr 2.65 billion ($71 million), Suspilne reported on Jan. 22, citing the Shevchenkivskyi district court’s decision.
Morgan Stanley and Allen & Overy helping oligarch’s efforts to seize Russian oil firm (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Sergey Kolesnikov has supplied building materials to Russian military and for use in occupied Ukraine
Russian oligarch skirts sanctions, buys new jet via Kazakhstan (kyivindependent.com)
A company associated with billionaire Oleg Deripaska, the Moscow-based firm Arsenal, bought a Falcon 7X jet from the Kazakh carrier Irtysh-Air and imported it to Russia in February 2023.
Court extends Kolomoisky's arrest until December (kyivindependent.com)
The detention of one of Ukraine's richest men, Ihor Kolomoisky, has been extended for another month, Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district court ruled on Oct. 27.