oligarchs (pl noun)
2.24.22
Russia invading Ukraine 'worst possible scenario we could have imagined': Browder
—Fox Business // 24 Feb. 2022 // 6 minutes 53 seconds [see 1:50]
Russia invading Ukraine 'worst possible scenario we could have imagined': Browder
—Fox Business // 24 Feb. 2022 // 6 minutes 53 seconds [see 1:50]
4.29.21
The development comes as authorities investigate whether the former New York mayor illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian oligarchs.
—Julia Manchester, "Trump rips raid on 'great patriot' Rudy Giuliani's apartment as 'very unfair,'" 29 Apr. 2021 {7:47 AM EDT}
The development comes as authorities investigate whether the former New York mayor illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian oligarchs.
—Julia Manchester, "Trump rips raid on 'great patriot' Rudy Giuliani's apartment as 'very unfair,'" 29 Apr. 2021 {7:47 AM EDT}
12.13.20
“I’ve supported the annual National Defense Authorization Act” for “many years,” but “at some point you have to draw the line, and this year is where I draw it,” Cotton said on the Senate floor Wednesday. He also cited the lack of language changing Section 230, which he called “a giveaway to big tech oligarchs who get to censor the American people without consequence.”
—Alexander Bolton, "Defense bill battle showcases 2024 GOP hopefuls," 13 Dec. 2020 {6:00 AM EST}
“I’ve supported the annual National Defense Authorization Act” for “many years,” but “at some point you have to draw the line, and this year is where I draw it,” Cotton said on the Senate floor Wednesday. He also cited the lack of language changing Section 230, which he called “a giveaway to big tech oligarchs who get to censor the American people without consequence.”
—Alexander Bolton, "Defense bill battle showcases 2024 GOP hopefuls," 13 Dec. 2020 {6:00 AM EST}
11.7.19
Hunter Biden worked on the board of a natural gas company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch while his father served as vice president. Joe Biden pushed in 2016 for the dismissal of a Ukrainian prosecutor who had been accused of overlooking corruption in his own office, threatening to withhold money if the prosecutor was not fired.
—Jordain Carney, "GOP senators press State Department for Hunter Biden, Burisma records," 7 Nov. 2019 {6:11 PM EST}
Hunter Biden worked on the board of a natural gas company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch while his father served as vice president. Joe Biden pushed in 2016 for the dismissal of a Ukrainian prosecutor who had been accused of overlooking corruption in his own office, threatening to withhold money if the prosecutor was not fired.
—Jordain Carney, "GOP senators press State Department for Hunter Biden, Burisma records," 7 Nov. 2019 {6:11 PM EST}
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