The Russian oligarchs had power, but NOWHERE near the power and wealth of your Elon's, Bezos or Gate's.
As proven by the fact that no one who brings them up can name more than one of them if that, or even knew they were a thing until a news article told them so.
The Russian oligarchs had power, but NOWHERE near the power and wealth of your Elon's, Bezos or Gate's.
Couple that with how dependent the US is on space x for rockets and now's not a good time to fuck with them...
As proven by the fact that no one who brings them up can name more than one of them if that, or even knew they were a thing until a news article told them so.