Russian oligarchies.
Whether
it is possible to name modern Russian "oligarches"
oligarches?
«Oligarchia» (in translation with Greek «the authority of the few persons») is political and
economic domination of the small closed group of persons. So the state with similar
board refers to also.
Oligarchies
were, for example, in many policies of the Ancient Greece of the period of
decline. But to even more given concept there corresponds the device of
Carthago, where in hands of the largest latifundists has been concentrated both foreign
trade, and political authority. Or the similar device of the
Venetian or
In
general, the device of oligarchies is primitively enough. Ancient Rome, for example,
was much more complex and more various (so – the more
firmly) is organized and included, besides old patrician
generations sorts, also “riders”
(«aristocrats from a purse»), the active plebeian groups conducted by national
tribunes, communities Italic allies.
As
this point of view, Russian "oligarches"
obviously do not maintain similar comparison. Tyhey are like
authorized representatives of authority, such
"financial factors", more likely, look at the Polish sirs and, in
general, the European aristocrats.
The
role of "aristocrats" in the Russian scheme is played by large officials (that is, ex-Soviet
nomenclature). All of us see, how this or that high-ranking bureaucrat, after
reorganization unsuccessfully terminated for it passes to one of the main posts
in corporation or bank, which interests in sweat of the person lobbied on
"public service". And, at again adjusted political conjuncture, this majestic husband comes back in the
device and renews lobbyist activity. Before the following
reorganization.
Officials
(ex Soviet generation) never could adjust scale
export of raw material and capitals on the West in conditions of the
political-economical chaos established on the post-Soviet space. Here "oligarches" with their fast reaction, communications
and informal channels of decision-making also were useful.
Khodorkovsky wrote
also: «we had no real authority in
The well-known Moscow processes above the several Russian
billionaires mean, that those have tried to become, at last, original oligarches, having added to capitals political authority
(for example, having taken hold of mass-media or having bought up the Duma parties).
Alex Fantalov.
Russian vampir. A. Fantalov (canvas, on oil).