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Moscow’s war yields a new type of Russian oligarchThe Russian flag flies over the Embassy of Russia in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Vladimir Putin is creating a new generation of Russian billionaires. Since gaining power a quarter of a century ago, the Russian president first muzzled the country’s 1990s-era oligarchs, then anointed a new generation of moguls — often chosen among his old colleagues in the Russian intelligence services. Now a third wave of would-be oligarchs is emerging: tycoons chosen by Putin to own and manage