Record asset seizure: Authorities confiscated $7.6 billion in holdings tied to Vadim Moshkovich, the largest nationalization in recent years.

Part of wider campaign: The Kremlin has transferred an estimated $89.7 billion in private assets to state control since the Ukraine war began.

Elite on alert: Billionaires are showing loyalty to avoid similar fates, with some making large voluntary contributions to the state budget.

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
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    26 days ago

    You can only seize the assets within your country. That means that the assets outside of Putin’s reach are still sizable.

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      26 days ago

      A lot of the oligarchs’ assets are held in other countries, this is story is a prime reason why. But other countries are cowardly and only freeze the funds, not appropriate them.