About the book: 2022 / The controversial glory of Russian oligarchs has long spilled out beyond the borders of the country where they amassed their capital. The whole world gossips about them, sometimes laughing, sometimes condemning them, but with constant pleasure they take their money. And what do they think about themselves? Austrian sociologist Elisabeth Schimfössl, who has been living in London, the capital of the oligarchs, for fifteen years, conducted a hundred conversations with the richest people in Russia and their associates to find the answer to this question. From her book you will learn how the oligarchs explain their insane wealth, what they teach their children and what they are going to do in the new reality, where they will have to choose between a comfortable life in the West and the preservation of Russian assets.