LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTrump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1591arrow-down1external-linkTrump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchsapnews.comLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI wonder how much the program actually seized. Imagine if we took all that money and used it to help people. Just kidding, we probably built like 2 F-35s.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago$300 billion in Russian assets between the U.S. and Europe. Most is in Europe of course, as most yaughts don’t sail across the Atlantic and sit
minus-squareRevonult@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNot sure if same program but didn’t we send alot of money to Ukrane that was seized Russian funds?
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoLooks like yes - the G7 seized about 325B and the interest yielded was the basis for the 20B sent to Ukraine. I fear that now, it’ll just get returned to their owners. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c047zrzr2xro
I wonder how much the program actually seized. Imagine if we took all that money and used it to help people.
Just kidding, we probably built like 2 F-35s.
$300 billion in Russian assets between the U.S. and Europe. Most is in Europe of course, as most yaughts don’t sail across the Atlantic and sit
Not sure if same program but didn’t we send alot of money to Ukrane that was seized Russian funds?
Looks like yes - the G7 seized about 325B and the interest yielded was the basis for the 20B sent to Ukraine. I fear that now, it’ll just get returned to their owners.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c047zrzr2xro