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The United States must confiscate and sell yachts, mansions and other assets to Russian oligarchs and then send the proceeds to Ukraine, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y.
“I will add provisions that allow us to persecute the oligarchs, take their money and send it directly to Ukraine,” Schumer said, referring to provisions he plans to add to a $ 33 billion aid package requested by the Biden administration. . week.
“There is no reason for Putin’s viciousness and these ill-gotten gains to remain what they are when Ukraine is in desperate need of money,” he added.
Civil Guard stands next to a yacht owned by a Russian oligarch named Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Monday, April 4, 2022 (AP Photo / Francisco Ubilla)
President Biden asked Congress on Friday to authorize $ 33 billion in military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, more than double the $ 13.6 billion package approved by Congress in early March.
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The Ministry of Justice launched the KleptoCapture task force to monitor the wealth of Russian oligarchs in March.
Investigators are working with Spanish authorities to seize a $ 90 million 225-foot luxury yacht Tango from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg last month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is using state media to spread the Kremlin’s message. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY / Satellite / AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that he was “grateful to the American people” for their continued support with the proposed $ 33 billion aid package.
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“President Biden rightly said today that this step is not cheap,” Zelenski said.
“But the negative consequences for the whole world of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and against democracy are so great that the support of the United States is needed for comparison.”
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky spoke from Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Press service of the Ukrainian president through AP)
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The provisions Sumer said he would add to the aid package would also streamline the confiscation process and make it a federal crime to possess proceeds from “corrupt deals with the Russian government.”
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