From the article:
“Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise move is widely regarded as the first step toward passing the assets into the hands of Kremlin-friendly investors and comes as part of a renewed push against Western businesses still operating in the country amid the Ukraine war.”
Of note: the Soviets were happy to let the Nazis have their half of Europe as long as the Nazis let them have their autocracy in their half.
Russia truly was only on the side of the “good guys” because their bad guy ally double crossed them.
Man, lemmy sure does seem to love its historical revisionism.
The opposite is true: The USSR tried forming alliances against the Nazis while all western powers signed agreements with the Nazis, with the USSR finally joining in to buy more time to prepare for the coming war.