Living through the remainder of 2022 was an exercise in the "Great Unraveling." We moved from a sprawling estate to a "discreet" rental, stripped of the army of staff that had previously handled every aspect of existence. I watched a man who had once commanded industries struggle with the mundanity of a frozen credit card.
2022: My Life with an Oligarch The year 2022 began like a fever dream of gold leaf and private jets, but it ended as a cold lesson in the fragility of power. To live in the orbit of an oligarch is to exist in a curated reality where the laws of physics and finance seem optional—until the world decides to reassert them. The Gilded Bubble
Everything changed in late February. The geopolitical landscape fractured, and suddenly, the "insulation" began to feel like a cage. The term "sanctions" moved from the financial pages to our breakfast table. One morning, we were discussing a yacht refit; the next, we were watching news reports of that same yacht being seized in a Mediterranean port.
Living through the remainder of 2022 was an exercise in the "Great Unraveling." We moved from a sprawling estate to a "discreet" rental, stripped of the army of staff that had previously handled every aspect of existence. I watched a man who had once commanded industries struggle with the mundanity of a frozen credit card.
2022: My Life with an Oligarch The year 2022 began like a fever dream of gold leaf and private jets, but it ended as a cold lesson in the fragility of power. To live in the orbit of an oligarch is to exist in a curated reality where the laws of physics and finance seem optional—until the world decides to reassert them. The Gilded Bubble 2022---My-life-with-an-oligarch
Everything changed in late February. The geopolitical landscape fractured, and suddenly, the "insulation" began to feel like a cage. The term "sanctions" moved from the financial pages to our breakfast table. One morning, we were discussing a yacht refit; the next, we were watching news reports of that same yacht being seized in a Mediterranean port. Living through the remainder of 2022 was an
