Vladimir Putin’s government has launched an aggressive campaign to nationalize the assets of Konstantin Strukov, one of Russia’s richest men and the owner of the country’s largest gold mining company. The move marks a sharp escalation in the Kremlin’s efforts to extract wealth from within its own elite as the financial toll of the war in Ukraine deepens.

Vladimir Putin’s government has launched an aggressive campaign to nationalize the assets of Konstantin Strukov, one of Russia’s richest men and the owner of the country’s largest gold mining company. The move marks a sharp escalation in the Kremlin’s efforts to extract wealth from within its own elite as the financial toll of the war in Ukraine deepens.

Strukov, whose fortune is estimated at over $3.5 billion, is the founder of Yuzhuralzoloto—a gold empire built over decades with strong ties to the Kremlin. But on July 5, his private jet was grounded by Russian authorities as it prepared to leave for Turkey. His passport was reportedly seized, and the aircraft barred from departing.

  • vivalapivo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    91·
    11 hours ago

    Rich people live under the fear of losing it all. As sharing is synonymous with losing to them, no one wants it and everyone is caught in this loop.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
      91·
      8 hours ago

      I’m becoming convinced it’s an actual mental disease, or at least grossly maladaptive

          • vivalapivo@lemmy.todayEnglish
            4·
            5 hours ago

            Some adaptation pretty human mechanism which looks unnatural because it’s not us who experience it although given the same circumstances we would do the same

            • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
              2·
              3 hours ago

              I see right, yeah, it’s the conditions social and material that give rise to the “disorder” whereas if we fix the conditions, it just evaporates. Like abolishing slavery or private property.