The State Duma passed a law on the seizure of property of relocated persons.

The new law will allow the seizure of assets of Russians who have gone abroad and committed actions there "against the interests of the Russian Federation." This includes "discrediting" the army, publishing "fake news," calling for sanctions, "insulting" the government, having ties to "undesirable" organizations, and violating the law on "foreign agents."

Property and bank accounts can be seized as soon as a report is drawn up, as a "pre-trial measure"—that is, before the court finds the individual guilty. The owner's signature will not be required; the seizure report will simply note that the property owner is located abroad.

According to the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, This is a “fair measure” against “degenerates” who “cynically violate laws while continuing to live off the money they earn in Russia.”

The deputies voted unanimously: 384 people voted "for." It took them only eight minutes, and no questions were asked. Meanwhile, a representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolay Kolomeitsev suggested immediately “confiscating all the property of those who left.”

Incidentally, the law doesn't specify an upper limit on the value of property subject to seizure. This means that an apartment can be seized and confiscated even if the fine is only 1000 rubles.

According to various estimates, after the start of the "SVO", between 500 thousand and one and a half million Russians left the country. 

The Ministry of Justice's register of "foreign agents" currently includes more than 1200 individuals and legal entities.

For four years, cases of “discrediting” the army in Russia condemned more than 12 thousand people.

Do you think the authorities will be able to replenish their coffers this way? And will this law frighten the relocated so much that they will stop "discrediting the army" and "insulting the government"?