The ability of people to completely absolve themselves from the actions of their government without doing a single iota to protest said government.

People who protest in Russia tend to have fatal accidents.

Look at the mirror, american ubermensch

I get what you are saying but anyone that apposes the government will likely end up dead or in jail. We hear about it all the time. As a group the oligarchs have power against the government but as individuals they really don't. They just smile and continue to do what made them rich.