Putin Signs Decree Allowing State Seizure of Poorly Protected Infrastructure
The decree gives the state temporary control over assets and ownership rights when owners fail to secure sites or repair damage after attacks.
- On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized the state to assume temporary control of critical infrastructure facilities deemed poorly protected from Ukrainian drone attacks and other threats.
- This decree follows a surge in Ukrainian strikes targeting oil refineries, communications networks, and logistics hubs the Russian government deems essential to national security and economic stability.
- Attacks have significantly impacted major retailers; Kyiv has targeted at least two dozen Wildberries warehouses since July 18, while Ozon reported four facilities in southern Russia were targeted Monday.
- The state may now seize physical and financial assets, including formal ownership rights, if operators fail to maintain adequate security or are slow to repair facilities after attacks.
- Separately, Putin issued an order last week requiring the government to launch a program rebuilding commercial warehouses damaged or destroyed by Ukrainian forces in recent weeks.
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Putin signs decree allowing state seizure of drone-hit businesses
The edict covers energy, transport, logistics and any facility deemed critical to national security, and can be imposed by presidential instruction alone. Experts called it "hybrid nationalisation," warning it would be used to seize assets from companies under the pretext of security failure.
The Russian state will temporarily take over the administration of critical infrastructure that is not adequately protected by Ukrainian drones
Russian companies that are unable to defend their critical infrastructure are now at risk of having their management temporarily taken over by the state, which will have broad rights to dispose of them and their assets, including securities and shares, according to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
The country faces major economic challenges as this costly war drags on.
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