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Russia's giant game of Monopoly to fund the war

'The Putin System' (3/3). Ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, sweeping property redistribution has been underway in Russia. Most often, the state has seized assets from entrepreneurs deemed disloyal and resold them to Vladimir Putin's loyalists.

Russia's giant game of Monopoly to fund the war

We haven't written up this one. Le Monde English has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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