The owner of Norilsk Nickel justified his protest.
The day before, as Topnews wrote earlier, the Russian government approved the idea of nationalizing the assets of companies leaving the Russian Federation.
Moreover, the list of companies that can be subjected to this procedure includes Apple and IKEA.
The owner of “Norilsk Nickel ” and one of the richest people in Russia, Vladimir Potanin, decided to speak out on this issue in the Telegram channel of the corporation.
He is confident that this measure will take us back 100 years to 1917, as this measure will lead to the emergence of global distrust of our country by investors in the future, and it may take decades.
Potanin also noted that a more correct measure in the circumstances would be the transfer of such assets under external management, which would allow the companies to “avoid collapse” and the owners to retain ownership.
“And personally I would save such an opportunity for them”, – Potanin noted.
The owner of Norilsk Nickel added that the announcement of his departure from Russia was dictated by an emotional decision due to the situation around Donbass and pressure from the West, but expressed confidence. that soon everything will return to normal.
“We should be wiser and avoid such a scenario when retaliatory sanctions will hit us ourselves, – Potanin explained.
The businessman, however, admitted that the desire to nationalize everything is understandable in the current situation with the sanctions policy.
It is noteworthy that later it became known that Russian President Vladimir Putin came out in support of the idea of installing external management of companies that decided to leave the Russian market.
The Russian leader explained that Russia does not close itself off from foreign partners and is ready to cooperate. Moreover, all the rights of foreign investors who have decided to stay in Russia will be protected at the legislative level.
But in relation to investors who have decided to close their production facilities, it is necessary to take decisive measures on the basis of legal market instruments without any arbitrariness, Putin explained.
Then, as the prime minister suggested, it is necessary to introduce external management and then transfer these enterprises to those who want to work, Putin said.