I think they did have a lot of power in Russia before. https://poal.co/s/WorldPolitics/508231 But this situation seems to be shaking off jewish power in Russia. The ruble is on the gold standard now. https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/russian-rubles-gold-standard-unlikely-to-last/ The oligarchs there have been hit hard by sanctions and now Putin is angry that they are not being more supportive of the war effort. >Multiple sources told Haaretz this week that the Kremlin is pressuring Jewish groups in Russia to support the war, including by threatening to shut down Jewish institutions if they do not https://web.archive.org/web/20220408010010/https://stljewishlight.org/news/world-news/ukraine-invasion-puts-chabad-of-russia-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/?return=&print=true