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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas

UK ‘should seize oligarchs’ assets to pay for reconstruction of Ukraine’

Vladyslav Vlasiuk
Vladyslav Vlasiuk said Russia should pay the cost of reconstructing Ukraine, not western taxpayers. Photograph: TBC

Ministers should confiscate the mansions, country estates and UK assets of Russian oligarchs to help pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine, a senior adviser in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said this weekend.

Vladyslav Vlasiuk, a sanctions expert working in the presidential office, said Ukraine’s government would like the UK to follow Canada in implementing new regulations that allow authorities to seize and redistribute assets belonging to sanctioned individuals and entities.

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