China News Service, April 28. According to the US "Capitol Hill" report, on the 27th local time, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a bill urging the government to confiscate and sell the property of the sanctioned Russian oligarchs and use the proceeds of the sale to send money to Ukraine. Provide assistance.
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According to reports, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 417 in favor to 8 against a bill called the Ukrainian Reconstruction Asset Seizure Act, which urges the U.S. government to seize and sell the property of sanctioned Russian oligarchs and use the sale The proceeds provide additional military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.
The bill urges the U.S. government to seize luxury villas, yachts and planes belonging to Russian oligarchs and U.S.-sanctioned companies, said the bill's sponsor, House member Tom Malinowski.
Under the act, the United States would hold, use, manage, liquidate or sell seized assets.
The bill urges the U.S. government to use the proceeds from the sale "for the benefit of the Ukrainian people," including post-conflict reconstruction, military aid and humanitarian aid in the country.
The bill also proposes the creation of an interagency task force to advance the U.S. liquidation of assets of individuals linked to Russia.
In addition, a similar bill of the same name has also been introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and its allies have imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on Russia, involving trade, energy, technology, finance and other fields, including but not limited to more than 400 Russian government officials, more than 140 business elites and their family members.
In addition, according to "Fortune" magazine, the United States led its allies to jointly freeze about 300 billion US dollars of foreign exchange reserves in Russia's overseas banks.