Why did Russia have $300 billion in locations where it could be seized by the US and NATO? Because Russia was playing ball with the US and NATO. Russia wasn't trying to fight the US and NATO. Russia was trying to peacefully trade with the US and NATO. It was the US and NATO that broke their peaceful trade with Russia by instigating the war through Ukraine, and then jumping onto the Russian $300 billion. The US and NATO have been after Russian property for years, while at the same time failing to adhere to agreements to not expand NATO in the direction of Russia. As we can see, it is backfiring on the US and NATO. And when the backfire gets big enough, it will hurt, maim, and kill Americans.