Putin’s biggest supporters aren’t going anywhere

Why So Few Big Rats Have Fled Putin’s Ship — Leonid Bershidsky When someone like Boris Bondarev, a Russian counsellor to the United Nations [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( [Why So Few Big Rats Have Fled Putin’s Ship]( — Leonid Bershidsky When someone like Boris Bondarev, a Russian counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva, [slams the door]( on his employer, the Russian Foreign Ministry, and on his home country, it’s only natural to wonder if Vladimir Putin’s system is showing cracks three months into the dictator’s disgraceful Ukraine adventure. The answer, however, is “not really.” Despite the relative failure of the invasion so far, prominent defectors are remarkably few in number. The Russian establishment is not about to implode. For most of the Putin-era breed of establishment figure, carrying on has more upside than defecting. Read the [whole thing](. [Is George Soros Right About Xi Jinping’s Third Term?]( — Shuli Ren [The World’s Richest Country Has No Concept of Wealth]( — Mark Gongloff [Elon Called Off His Margin Loan]( — Matt Levine //link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/click/27875084.61713/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9vcGluaW9uL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMjItMDUtMjMvbW9ua2V5cG94LWlzbi10LWxvb2tpbmctbGlrZS1hLWNvdmlkLXNpemVkLXRocmVhdD91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fdGVybT0yMjA1MjgmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXNoYXJldGhldmlldw/582c8673566a94262a8b49bdBbf96454e[India’s Billionaire Race Sees One Tycoon Pulling Away]( — Andy Mukherjee [Monkeypox Isn’t Looking Like a Covid-Sized Threat]( — Lisa Jarvis [The Next Crisis to Hit Markets May Be About Liquidity]( — Jared Dillian [Bigger Shocks Are Coming With Your Electricity Bills]( — Javier Blas [As Hedge Funds Stumble, ‘Sorry’ Is the Hardest Word]( — Chris Bryant [China Will Soon Aspire to American-Style Growth]( — Daniel Moss More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been talking about this week. - Listen: [Uvalde Shooting: The Aftermath]( with Sarah Green Carmichael - Listen: [Monkeypox: What You Need to Know]( with Bobby Ghosh - Listen: A Long Time in Finance with Jonathan Ford: [The Barber Boom and Bust]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022