The Biden administration has asked lawmakers to include in the bill an aid that would help it seize the assets of sanctioned oligarchs.
Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in Sunday, to the package of aid to Ukraine should be added provisions that allow the United States to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs and direct funds from their sale directly to Ukraine, – reports “Voice of America”.
” Ukraine needs all the help it can get, and at the same time we need all the assets we can raise to give Ukraine the help it needs, “Schumer told a briefing in New York.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the bill and thus expressed support for giving the administration broader powers to fight oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin.
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Funding for Ukraine $ 33 billion , which lawmakers say needs to be approved immediately where it is used to provide weapons, ammunition and other military assistance, as well as direct economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.
