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The U.S.S.R. was a grift off the state and the people. The elites were political, rather than oligarchs. The U.S.S.R. political elites rode in limousines and lived in dachau palaces paid for by the State. Let's not forget the State was sold off to the oligarchs. In some cases they were the same people.
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