Here’s what we know about Putin’s decree empowering the Russian state to take control of companies that fail to stop Ukrainian drones
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree, effective August 24, allowing authorities to place critical infrastructure under temporary state management if owners are deemed to have failed to secure it against Ukrainian drone strikes, which have hit oil refineries, fuel depots, and logistics hubs almost daily in recent months.
The decree sets no time limit, no clear violation standard, and covers a sweeping range of sectors, letting Rosimushchestvo or 'another person' chosen by authorities seize a company's assets while barring the appointed administrator from selling them. Experts told RBC the vagueness leaves businesses no legal certainty while giving officials 'considerable latitude' to judge which security measures count.
Private companies have almost no legal means to defend themselves, only a handful of state agencies are authorized to jam or destroy drones, leaving businesses to navigate a multi-agency approval process just to use jamming equipment. A deputy prime minister insisted the measure isn't nationalization and will be applied only in 'targeted, carefully calibrated' cases, while the Kremlin spokesman blamed business owners for not taking security seriously enough.
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