[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Mario Nawfal [@MarioNawfal](/creator/twitter/MarioNawfal) on x 2.3M followers Created: 2025-07-13 22:50:00 UTC 🚨🇷🇺 KREMLIN SNATCHES $49.5B IN BUSINESSES TO FEED BUDGET…BUT RUSSIA’S ECONOMY’S PAYING THE PRICE Putin’s crew has been seizing companies like they’re on a shopping spree, seizing nearly $XXXX billion in property since 2022 to prop up Russia’s budget. Last year alone, seizures tripled, with half targeting “strategic” businesses the Kremlin wants under its thumb, while the rest get sold off like yard-sale junk to plug financial holes. Lawyers say the Kremlin’s playing whack-a-mole with excuses - everything from shady privatization deals to “extremism” or just claiming the “public interest” needs protecting. Economist Andrei Yakovlev says it’s a 2-for-1 deal for Putin: cash in the bank and a business elite so dependent on the regime they wouldn’t dare blink without Kremlin permission. But experts warn swapping skilled owners for Kremlin pals wrecks efficiency and leaves the economy limping, even if Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is bragging about his new cash stash. Next up - Russia’s reportedly moving to seize property from citizens who fled and dared to talk smack about Putin. Source: Bloomberg  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) [russia](/topic/russia) [budgeting](/topic/budgeting) [$495b](/topic/$495b) [kremlin](/topic/kremlin) [Post Link](https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1944529774254407824)
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Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal on x 2.3M followers
Created: 2025-07-13 22:50:00 UTC
🚨🇷🇺 KREMLIN SNATCHES $49.5B IN BUSINESSES TO FEED BUDGET…BUT RUSSIA’S ECONOMY’S PAYING THE PRICE
Putin’s crew has been seizing companies like they’re on a shopping spree, seizing nearly $XXXX billion in property since 2022 to prop up Russia’s budget.
Last year alone, seizures tripled, with half targeting “strategic” businesses the Kremlin wants under its thumb, while the rest get sold off like yard-sale junk to plug financial holes.
Lawyers say the Kremlin’s playing whack-a-mole with excuses - everything from shady privatization deals to “extremism” or just claiming the “public interest” needs protecting.
Economist Andrei Yakovlev says it’s a 2-for-1 deal for Putin: cash in the bank and a business elite so dependent on the regime they wouldn’t dare blink without Kremlin permission.
But experts warn swapping skilled owners for Kremlin pals wrecks efficiency and leaves the economy limping, even if Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is bragging about his new cash stash.
Next up - Russia’s reportedly moving to seize property from citizens who fled and dared to talk smack about Putin.
Source:Â Bloomberg
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