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I hope you understand that what you're saying looks like an unfalsifiable conspiracy-theory to someone who doesn't share your specific assumptions.
There is no such thing as a "non-oligarchic" capitalist society - it's a feature of the system and not a flaw.
But you don't have to believe me.
There are things that are true about "Russian oligarchs" as a group that are not true of "American capitalists".
For example, the former are much more likely to be murdered by their own government.
That's an interesting fact and deserves explanation!
If X is just the same as Y, then X and Y should have all the same attributes. But they don't. Ignoring that observation is frothy madness.
I'm not exactly sure what it is you're having such difficulty with here... are you trying to say Russian capitalists aren't capitalists simply because they have to toe the line under a weak and paranoid strongman regime? I really wish capitalism was that fragile... but I'm afraid it isn't.