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.

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[–] 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Every single country should have seized all the money from Russian oligarchs and spent the money on enabling Ukraine to defend itself. Now, even Russia beat you to it, FFS...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

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

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