France decides to confiscate yachts and houses of Russian oligarchs

The UK is also preparing to seize the property of Russian oligarchs

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French President Emmanuel Macron, as part of a program to counter Russian military aggression in Ukraine, demanded an inspection and inventory of the property of Russian oligarchs registered in France from the sanctions list. French officials will identify government-linked Russian authorities with assets in France, after which villas, yachts and luxury cars could be seized. About it informs interfax.

“We will identify Russian citizens who have assets in France and who could be added to the European sanctions list due to their proximity to Russian authorities, and prepare legal instruments to seize all these assets,” said French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. , – “We are conducting a complete inventory of real estate, yachts, luxury cars owned by Russians who fell under sanctions due to Russian aggression.

Symmetrical actions are also being prepared in the UK: Foreign Minister Liz Truss has already announced that British property and real estate of Russian oligarchs from the sanctions list will be arrested.

Last weekend, the EU countries published a sanctions list that includes Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, former Russian President and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and 351 State Duma deputies. Personal sanctions were also imposed against Putin himself and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In addition, the European Union has completely closed its airspace to Russian aircraft. Russia has imposed symmetrical retaliatory sanctions by banning flights over its territory for a number of Western countries.

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