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These Russian oligarchs exasperated by the war in Ukraine

2022-06-29T16:33:03.412Z


STORY - Despite the reprisals they risk, members of the Russian economic elite are speaking out to publicly denounce the consequences of the war.


Correspondent in Moscow

The students of Moscow State University's business school were treated to a graduation speech on Tuesday that they will certainly not soon forget.

That of their former classmate, the billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who established, without detour, his assessment of the current situation of the country and echoes the dissatisfaction, expressed more or less vigorously, of the large Russian fortunes.

The

"

special military operation

"

in Ukraine?

"

A colossal error

", estimated the founder of Rusal, world number two in aluminum, in front of journalists also present to collect one of the rare public speeches of this 54-year-old oligarch.

"

Is it in Russia's interest to destroy Ukraine?

Of course not

”, chained the industrialist, repeating several times the formula of “

colossal error

”, and using this word “

war

”, however banned by the authorities.

According to British academic Ben Noble, a specialist in Russia…

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Source: lefigaro

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