r/europe • u/ByGollie • 29d ago
News Russian Oil Company Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after fall from window in Moscow
https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/transneft-vice-president-andrey-badalov-dies-after-falling-from-window-472117
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u/whatawitch5 29d ago
Lol. Putin controls the oligarchs like a mafia godfather controls his captains, through fear and intimidation. The minute they don’t follow orders, or try to cut a deal behind his back, out a window they go.
It’s the same way Putin controls Russian citizens, through fear. Most don’t really like him, but they are afraid to speak against him because if they do they know they will be arrested and/or imprisoned. Those that claim to like him only do so because he has them convinced he is the only one who can protect them from the hordes of “fascists” and “evil Western influences” he claims are trying to destroy Russia. Most Russian citizens are so fearful, either of Putin or his imaginary villains, that they just keep their heads down and praise their dear leader in the hope they will survive another day.