KIEV, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine wants to get part of the funds from the seized Russian assets in the West within the next six months, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday. "A working group has been set up. It is already actively working in several areas. The firs...
G-7 SUMMIT BEGINS AS LEADERS BACK DEAL TO USE INTEREST FROM RUSSIAN ASSETS FOR UKRAINE AID "We're really building on work that Europe did earlier to make sure that the flow, around $3 billion to $5 billion a year, went to Ukraine, but we're bringing that forward ...
(Reuters) - Russia's state RIA news agency said on Sunday it had calculated that the West stood to lose assets and investments worth at least $288 billion if it confiscated frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine and Moscow then retaliated. After President Vl...
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The ship was targeted by the Justice Department's Kleptocapture task force, a team devoted to seizing the luxury assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs, as part of U.S. efforts to punish Russia for its deadly war in Ukraine. Legislation supported by President Biden that has passed the House ...
A bipartisan bill taking shape in Congress, called the "Yachts for Ukraine Act" would allow authorities to seize any property valued at more than $5 million held by Russian elites in the U.S. and allow the government to sell the assets and send the cash to aid Ukraine. In the U.K...
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U.S. Has Seized $6.1 Million Tied to Russian Ransomware Operator -Justice Dept More Reuters U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland removes his face mask to announce charges against a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack on an American ...
first goal of those penalties is to cause "acute harm" to Russia without severe side effects for the U.S. and its European partners. They are intended, she said, to put maximum pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian oligarchs to end their country's invasion of Ukraine. ...
After Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted western governments to unleash an avalanche of economic sanctions against Russian oligarchs, there are now multiple superyachts like Phi trapped in ports around the world. Several are stuck in seemingly never-ending legal quagmire...