Russia seizes $7.6B in billionaire's assets in major nationalization (www.msn.com)
from Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:20
https://lemmy.world/post/48257255

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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gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org on 16 Jun 20:26 next collapse

yeah that will probably do a lot to make the russian oligarchs against the war

drmoose@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:39 collapse

And do what? They are not some united people. They’re literally just grifters that will take as much scrap as possible and if Piotr is dead and his money is taken - good maybe there’s an opportunity for me to grift more now and I didn’t like Piotr anyway.

Cyclist@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:51 collapse

They’re United in their efforts to remove windows from upper floors.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:34 next collapse

Putin is draining the Russian federation of money and workers, destroying the Russian empire from within, so he can pursue his personal interests of expanding the Russian Empire.

Once some people actually considered this man smart, but in reality he is a one trick pony, and the trick is disinformation, problem is that disinformation is not a strategy, it is at best a tactic, and tactics only have so many uses before they don’t work anymore.

jestho@lemmy.zip on 16 Jun 20:47 next collapse

Agree and upvoted, but I just wanted to pedantically brag about the mnemonic I learned today:

Disinformation = Dishonest, Deceptive

Misinformation = didn’t have a good one for this…

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:54 next collapse

Ah yes of course, it was a slip-up, because in my language we use the word misinformation in the meaning of disinformation.
I have corrected the post.

OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml on 16 Jun 21:06 next collapse

Misinformation = might be mistake

towerful@programming.dev on 16 Jun 21:58 collapse

Misinformation = mistakes?

So disinformation leads to misinformation?

inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 21:23 collapse

Once some people actually considered this man smart, but in reality he is a one trick pony

You fool! Comrade Pony has many tricks!

begins riffling through desk looking for a gun.

newthrowaway20@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:37 next collapse

Lol so Russia is running dry if they’re stealing from the rich

Major_Tsiom@fedia.io on 16 Jun 20:41 next collapse

heh, so Russia is going communist again..,

Eldritch@piefed.world on 16 Jun 20:51 collapse

Again? You have to be communist once before you can be again. Putin and the oligarchs are a continuation of the Stalinist/Leninist power structures. Which claimed they were aspirationally communist. The same way Jeffry Dahlmer was aspirationally a humanist.

Nah, the power structure is just cannibalizing itself to try to preserve itself again. The Russian people will continue to be screwed.

violentfart@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 20:45 next collapse

TINY PP ENERGY

Kittywifclaws@piefed.world on 16 Jun 21:19 next collapse

Hope Elon is paying attention…

Prove_your_argument@piefed.social on 16 Jun 21:37 next collapse

Looks like this guy was trying to do something in Cyprus but forced home, arrested in 2025, and now having his assets seized.

Must not have been on board with the war in the beginning https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russias-rusagro-loses-third-its-value-after-moshkovich-detained-2025-03-27/

NM_Gringo@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 22:15 collapse

The move has intensified unease among Russia’s wealthy…

We need to intensify the unease among our own wealthy but for vastly different reasons.