Senate BuildingWASHINGTON, Mar 29 the use of confiscated Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine and help refugees, according to Axios. The bill «on helping Ukraine» is presented by Colorado Democrat Michael Bennett and Ohio Republican Rob Portman. According to the authors of the document, Ukraine needs help because of the situation with refugees.
"One way to help is to move from freezing the assets of Russian oligarchs and wealthy citizens to confiscating and providing these funds to the people of Ukraine to help in ongoing humanitarian activities", Portman quotes the publication.
After the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the EU alone froze the assets of 862 Russians and 53 Russian organizations. In Belgium, in the first two weeks of March, Russian assets were blocked for 10 billion euros. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called such actions of the West an economic war without rules against Russia. He noted that such a step would destroy the entire world economic structure, as it strikes at the basis of the market economy — the inviolability of private property.Japan will ban the export of luxury goods to RussiaOn February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, Putin stressed. Against the backdrop of hostilities in many Ukrainian cities and villages, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Russian Ministry of Defense lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors. In addition, according to the military department, local nationalists continue to hold civilians as human shields — over four and a half million people in Kyiv, Kharkov, Chernigov, Sumy and other cities. After the start of the special operation, Western countries began to impose sanctions against Russia. As Vladimir Putin said, the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. due to anti-Russian sanctions