Allies consider lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs who donate some of their fortunes to Ukraine

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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

 

Western allies are considering a proposal that would allow Russian oligarchs "to buy their way out of sanctions," the Associated Press reports.

 

The discussions include lifting sanctions on oligarchs who voluntarily give up their foreign assets or funds to be donated to Ukraine, according to the AP.  Canada's deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, offered up the idea at a G7 conference in Germany last week, government officials familiar with the matter told the outlet.

 

The meeting was attended by the the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, the heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Financial Stability Board (FSB). The Ukrainian prime minister and the Ukrainian finance minister attended virtually. 

 

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https://www.businessinsider.com/west-considers-lifting-sanctions-on-oligarchs-who-fund-ukraine-report-2022-5

 

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Freeland is Trudeau's stooge, the minister who froze the bank accounts of citizens who financially supported  the peaceful truck protesters in Ottawa last January.  Unlike the oligarchs, those citizens were not given the possibility of "negotiating" their way out of a frozen bank account.

 

This proposal to negotiate with the rich Russians suggests that the whole sanctions game is not going too well. 

[hotchilli]

30 minutes ago, blazes said:

Freeland is Trudeau's stooge, the minister who froze the bank accounts of citizens who financially supported  the peaceful truck protesters in Ottawa last January.  Unlike the oligarchs, those citizens were not given the possibility of "negotiating" their way out of a frozen bank account.

 

This proposal to negotiate with the rich Russians suggests that the whole sanctions game is not going too well. 

I think the sanctions are working, but Trudeaus stooge wants to soften things for some reason.