Conversation so far:
what were the oligarchs during privatization under boris yeltsin.?
giveaways of valuable state assets to a small group of tycoons in finance, industry, energy, telecommunications, and the media who came to be known as "oligarchs.

Question: What did privatization have to do with it?
Self-contained rewrite: What did privatization have to do with the rise of the Oligarchs under Boris Yeltsin?