Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2022) - In March 2022, in response to Russia's actions in the Ukraine conflict, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The United States and its allies can achieve the immediate goal of giving Ukraine the support it needs without exploding the longstanding and important distinction between seizure and confiscation of a foreign state’s property.
What the executive branch should not do is pretend that Russia’s money can be used to provide material support to Ukraine in the face of existing legal barriers.
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