Russian and Belarusian oligarchs close to the Kremlin seek to increase their wealth through contacts with the regime – political scientist

Russian and Belarusian oligarchs close to the Kremlin seek to increase their wealth through contacts with the regime – political scientist

Vladislav Dzividzinsky ,

KYIV. UkraineGate ,13 , June , 2022 | Political News. 

Russian and Belarusian oligarchs, who work closely with Putin’s “regime,” are primarily seeking to preserve and increase their wealth. 

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“The debate here is whether Russian oligarchs want to fully support Putin’s political regime and help him financially, or whether they are doing so simply to preserve their business and future opportunities to realize and accumulate wealth. (…)

First of all, the oligarchs, whether Russian or Belarusian, seek to preserve and increase their wealth through warm contacts with the political regime, and when this contact with the Russian leadership becomes toxic, they aim to preserve their property in any way, up to that some Russian oligarchs today want to obtain Ukrainian citizenship, ”Dzividzinsky said.

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Among the Russian businessmen who could benefit from the war in Ukraine are Mykhailo Friedman (Alfa-Bank Ukraine, LetterOne International Investment Business), Andriy Melnychenko (EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company), Oleg Deripaska (owner of the holding Basic Element ”, former owner of HTZ) and Dmytro Mazepin (United Chemical Company Uralkhim). one of the world’s largest producers of ammonia, which is transported for export only through Odessa.

In addition, it turned out that it was Mazepin who once helped Putin tame Lukashenko and planned an attack on Ukraine through Belarus in 2020-2021. Then, during protests in Belarus, Mazepin, outraged by Lukashenko’s refusal to help merge Belarusian and Russian companies (Belaruskali with Uralkali), decided to help Putin occupy Belarus and planned to set up an alleged “opposition” committee. , as stated by Roman Protasevich, funding Nexta.

According to political scientist Dvividzinsky, Russia has really planned to attack Ukraine for a long time.

“In my personal subjective view, after Putin came to power in 2000, he had this idea (Russia’s attack on Ukraine – ed.), But he started working on it in 2004, after the Orange Revolution, when the principle worked. , recorded by Kuchma “Ukraine – not Russia” (…)

From that moment it became clear that we need to work harder with Ukrainians, and Russia, in particular Putin, began to work. The result was a long 18-year journey to the final invasion. First in 2014 – due to the events in Donbass – and in 2022 – the war. Therefore, unequivocally, the work was carried out a long time ago, “he said.

Dzividinsky stressed that Belarus is a convenient and successful path for Putin to global goals, including the war in Ukraine.

“I am convinced that there is full control over the leadership of Belarus by Russia, and by various means, ranging from compromising and ending with threats in the right form,” he said.

In his opinion, Russia has planned and still plans to have as much influence as possible on the Ukrainian economy. Among those who may be interested is Dmytro Mazepin, who spoke with Russian President Putin a few days before the war in Ukraine and promised to “surrender” Odessa (where the Odessa port plant is located, through which the company’s Russian ammonia is exported. Togliattiazot, owned by Mazepin, an American oil company, in exchange for control of the company.

Russia receives up to $ 12 billion a year from ammonia supplies through Ukraine to the West.

Source: Ukrgate