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What consequence of economic sanctions against Russian oligarchs in Europe?

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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich wants to sell Chelsea.

The sale is suspended.

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By: Léa-Lisa Westerhoff Follow

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The economic sanctions taken by Europe to make Russia bend, to dry up its funding and to stop its invasion of Ukraine: how to ensure their effectiveness and their reality in the various European countries?

Example with Switzerland where the sprain made by Geneva to its quasi-historical neutrality has been widely welcomed.

But has Switzerland really sanctioned the Russian oligarchs who have invested in its country?

Yes and no, denounce NGOs who accuse the Swiss government of dragging its feet to attack the assets of the oligarchs, helped by a very opaque financial system.

In Geneva, the explanations of Jérémie Lanche.

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In France, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced yesterday

that it had frozen nearly 23 billion euros in Russian assets in response to the war in Ukraine.

A decision that has a direct impact on the Côte d'Azur, and the Mediterranean Riviera.

Russian oligarchs are used to spending their holidays there.

However, some of them no longer have the right to touch the villas they own.

in Marseilles.

In Spain, the invasion of Russia in Ukraine has effects even in the seaside resorts of the Costa Brava.

Lloret del mar is one of the most popular small coastal towns for Russians, but also for Ukrainians.

2,000 Russians and 800 Ukrainians live there year-round, but in summer these figures are multiplied by ten, with Slavic tourists making up nearly 10% of visitors.

However, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the good cohabitation between the different communities has been faltering.

's report .

Alice Rouja 

's chronicle “It's my Europe

” about these young Russians, born after the fall of communism and who are increasingly at odds with their elders.

From one war to another, in Istanbul, a Syrian painter, Shady Eed made the flight from his country at war, 10 years ago, the subject of his work.

His paintings tell of the pain of being both a citizen of a homeland at war and a refugee in a country where you are not welcome.

His portrait signed

(Rebroadcast April 14, 2022)

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