That is very unwise. If people think you will 'nationalize' (read: Steal), they are a lot less inclined to invest in your country.
Of course, when you disconnect them from SWIFT, confiscate all their gold and currency holdings in the west, freeze out their entire banking system from the west, put import/export bans on everything from Disney movies and tech equipment, to Vodka and concert pianists, to oil and gas, and every fortune 500 company pulls out of Russia, etc, and then you are straining forward on the war leash...they get this nutty idea that you may not be planning on investing with them for the foreseeable future.
It must be a weird Russian thought process. Honestly, I was in the same loop until I realized Kate Upton was truly not planning a future with me and I should structure my world accordingly.
“That is very unwise. If people think you will ‘nationalize’ (read: Steal), they are a lot less inclined to invest in your country.”
I think time will tell on this one. After all, you have countries like Argentina defaulting left and right, and then banks rush in to loan them money the next week. In this case, it wouldn’t surprise me if Russia works with the companies to bring them back, by compensating them (at least somewhat) for their losses during this mess...assuming we get through this like adults. After all, Russia was a great market for them until now.
In a war situation it seems reasonable to not allow companies acting like enemies of the state to repatriate assets. This situation seems somewhat different than when Venezuela does it and winds up wrecking their economy.