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The US Department of Justice will form a special working group to “investigate the crimes of Russian oligarchs.” US President Joe Biden warned about this, speaking yesterday before the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress with the annual State of the Union address.
“We are joining forces with our European allies to take back your yachts, your luxury accommodations, your private jets. We are going after your dishonestly acquired wealth, ”RBC quotes the head of the White House.
The day before, a member of the US House of Representatives, Republican Lance Gooden, against the backdrop of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, proposed allowing ordinary Americans to confiscate their yachts, planes and other property from Russians who fell under sanctions.
A day earlier, the head of the French Ministry of Economy of France, Bruno Le Maire, said that his country would identify Russians who have accounts in France and could be included in the EU sanctions list. “We will continue to keep a full record of financial assets, real estate, yachts, luxury cars that belong to Russian entities under European sanctions,” he said.
Meanwhile, it became known that the yachts of Russian businessmen, including Galactica Super Nova owned by Vagit Alekperov, moved to Montenegro and the Maldives.
Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”
In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.
Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and access their financial systems.
You can follow the chronicle of events around Ukraine on March 2 here.
Source: Rosbalt
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