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AnewZ Investigations

Explainer: The system behind The Oligarch’s Design

The Oligarch’s Design is an investigative documentary by AnewZ Investigations. It is built around the case of Ruben Vardanyan, but it is not a biography. It is a study of mechanisms, how money travels, how influence is packaged, and how narratives are built to look like truth.

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18:36
AnewZ Investigations

Explainer: The system behind The Oligarch’s Design

The Oligarch’s Design is an investigative documentary by AnewZ Investigations. It is built around the case of Ruben Vardanyan, but it is not a biography. It is a study of mechanisms, how money travels, how influence is packaged, and how narratives are built to look like truth.

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The Oligarch's Design

The Kremlin’s rules for power and prosperity

In Russia, power has always determined who rises and who falls. Under Boris Yeltsin, oligarchs emerged as state property was carved up in the chaos of the 1990s. Wealth was fast, often crude, and frequently independent of the Kremlin itself.

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Expert interview

Trade talks seen as key to reaching $15bn target, analyst says

Türkiye–Azerbaijan trade and investment talks at the 12th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission (JIC), held in Baku on 22–23 December, are being framed as a key moment in efforts to expand bilateral economic cooperation.

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Iran-Afghanistan

View: Afghan refugees are contributors, not a burden

Iran’s renewed call for international burden sharing in hosting Afghan refugees has revived a familiar narrative - that refugees are an economic strain rather than a source of long-term value. Analysts say this framing overlooks decades of contribution by Afghan refugees across the region.

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