A handful of businessmen control Russian industry and especially the lucrative oil and gas sector, vital to the country’s post-soviet economy and war effort in Ukraine. This series tells the story of this fabulously wealthy group of men who have shaped their country but only survive if they remain in Vladimir Putin’s favour...

A handful of businessmen control Russia’s oil and gas industry which has been vital to the country’s economy and war effort.

With oligarch money pouring into Western Europe, Putin puts his men in control of the Russian energy sector.

Russian gas exports, although under sanctions, pays for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.