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True, but there'd be a record of that and something still physical in country.
If it was during the buildup of troops, that’s not crazy to be honest. What kind of idiot wouldn’t move their assets out of the country threatening sanctions in case of a war? >

That would be Putin, because that's exactly how he got his 300 billion frozen. >

Exactly. I still can't believe how stupid Russia was to leave that $300 billion exposed. They must have truly thought the war would be over in a week. Look at them now. >

Basically war tax evasion gotcha >

They most likely took the US warnings more seriously and started move money around. 
Or they were warned by Kremlin insiders. >

They are Kremlin insiders >

Why is this news, obviously they moved assets. You know these Uber rich play by thier own rules. 
You'll likely find Putin or his inner circle tipped a few off before it all went down. >

No kidding. Why wouldn't they? >

Yet the US media kept broadcasting about all the sanctioned property really putting the oligarchs in a bind. >

What about all of their real estate?
Kind of hard to move property in New York or London. Appropriate that. >

Not really. Transfer it to an LLC located anywhere that isn't a country under sanctions.