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Russia's war economy: Taking everything in sight - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD
Russia is seizing property on a scale unseen since the 1990s — but this time, the Kremlin is both judge and beneficiary. The war in Ukraine has become an excuse for mass takeovers of foreign, Ukrainian and even Russian-owned assets. With “foreign agent” laws spreading fear, the regime may soon run out of assets before it runs out of enemies.