Panic among Moscow’s Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon’s Empire

Panic among Moscow’s Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon’s Empire

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.