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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Vladimir Putin is going on a property hunt, ordering officials to find Russian assets that once belonged to its former empire or were owned by the Soviet Union.

An order from the Russian president published late Thursday allocated funding for a state unit to conduct searches for property abroad and ensure Russia’s ownership rights are registered. The document didn’t indicate the size of the budget for the operation or what kinds of property are being sought.

While it’s unclear what prompted the order, Putin’s interest in former imperial possessions is unlikely to ease concerns about his ambitions among neighboring states after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended European security.

At its peak, the Russian Empire extended into territories of modern Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Finland. It dissolved under the pressure of World War I and the 1917 Bolshevik revolution led by Vladimir Lenin that marked the birth of the Communist state.

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[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

He owns those people now. He can have them back.

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

those bitches can't roll over fast enough for him.. they figure if we give it back, maybe he won't invade..

[-] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Got em in his back pocket since the RNC hack.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Russia can't even handle a war against a former client state, there's no chance they'd invade a current superpower and former near peer nation like the US. If they tried, they'd get stomped into the dirt before either side started waving their nuclear dick at the other.

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Republican cowards would find a way to let him

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