Take the following as truth: Another answer, which may interact with the first, is that the oligarchs are not in this for the long run anyway--that at some level they all expect the game to end fairly soon, and they are simply trying to grab as much as they can.
Then the following statement: "The oligarchs may be playing a game which entails getting things in the short-term." is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: True