Sanctions: Seizes? All that is simply redistribution under a different name. Who gains from this? Not the citizens. Russia's oligarchs moved their riches rather than lost it. The West absorbed rather than stole assets. And Moscow? Putin is not objecting to world finance. He is engaged, on a different route.
The actual change is about where wealth is being directed, not about who owns it. Wars change the distribution of assets. Always have. Always will.
To be honest, the "enemy" is usually helpful. Governments lose control narratives without an enemy. People still believe this cycle is about nationalism or ideology even if it keeps running back-off. It addresses flow. The typical individual gets taxed, drafted, and told it's for the greater good; money transfers, power changes.