For many years number of Russians were bemoaning the fact their moneyed class was investing the money made in Russia into real estate and football clubs in the West.
Source (behind a paywall)
From the article:
The Western sanctions got one thing fundamentally wrong, they assumed the relationship the West has with Russia is not only essential but beneficial for the Russians, and the Russians cannot do without it. Nothing can be further from the truth, Russia develops in an opposition to the West, not as its resource appendage.
PS: I have covered the issue of sanctions against wealthy Russian nationals before. But in that case it was legacy oligarchs that moved their assets to the United Kingdom, only to be robbed.
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