In the long arc of economic warfare between states, Russia has once again reached into its borders to claim what Western corporations left behind — signing a decree that transfers the Russian operations of Nestle and three French firms to a newly formed state entity with ties to the interior ministry. The move, signed by President Putin, is less a surprise than a confirmation: that remaining in Russia, even in diminished form, is no longer a neutral act but an exposure to confiscation. As sanctions reshape the geography of global commerce, Moscow is drawing its own map — one in which foreign a