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ELI5: What exactly is an oligarch. I've never heard this term before this week and I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what it is?
gpt
It is an ancient Greek term which is used for someone who is a member of a oligarchy. An oligarchy is a way to organize a government where a small number of privileged people (oligarchs) are in control. Power is more divided then in a dictatorship but not among all the people like in a democracy. The accusations of Russia being a oligarchy is based on observations that the democratic elections and official democratic impact on the politics of the government. However a small group of powerful people seam to have regular meetings with the top politicians and the political decisions seams to fall in their favor most of the time. So it seams these people are the ones in charge of the Russian government and not the democratically elected politicians or even the President.