oligarchic and the corrupt leaders who bill billions of dollars off this violent regime, no more. the united states [applause] i mean it. [applause] the united states department of justice has a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of the russian oligarchic s. we are joining with european allies to find then seize their yachts, their young luxury apartments, their private jets. we are coming for your ill gotten gains. and they are, today the department of justice announced the creation of a new unit to go after the finances and assets of russian oligarchs. it is called task force kleptocrat capture.
are of course on the beginning of presidents speech dedicated to russians war on our ally, ukraine. the president made big news tonight and got a huge response from the room when he announced that the justice department would be forming a new test for us to investigate russian oligarchs. he announced that the u.s. will be closing its airspace to all russian aircraft. tonight, i say to the russian oligarchs and corrupt leaders who build billions of dollars off this violent regime, no more. the united states i mean it! the united states department of justice is assembling a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of the russian oligarchic s. we are joining with european allies to find and seize their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets.
would be handing over stewardship of the soccer club to the trustees of the chelsea charitable foundation. a lot of people are saying that is huge, and perhaps, he s in some ways trying to deflect what may be coming towards him, and towards other russian oligarchic s. but in general, it s been interesting to watch the sports world grapple with different ways to condemn russia s war on ukraine. you have countries saying they re not going to play against russian world cup qualifiers, russian athletes are taking up positions on this. your vision is weighing in and saying, they re gonna withdraw, prevent russia s participation. it s an interesting dynamic that is playing out in the sports and the cultural worlds. definitely. by writing sorry for making that pitch. this is very important to putin. this might in some ways affected more directly, more immediately than economic sanctions even. as an individual, putin cares a lot about big sporting events. sports washing is something that h