kleptocapture, to investigate and prosecution oligarchs who try to evade sanctions. we re joining with european allies to find and seize their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets. ( applause ). reporter: and they re not hard to find. in fact, a florida teenager who used to track elon musk s jet, has now shifted to the fleets owned by oligarchs, posting their movements on twitter. russia s richest man, alexei mordashov, now on the e.u. sanctions list, recently moved his $500 million super yacht to to the saychels. with the writing on the wall, u.s.-based roman abramovich announced he was selling london s power house. the profits #said, would go to benefit victims will of the war in ukraine. the steps that the white house took today could slow russian oil production in the future, but not right away because the white house is worried about
selling their body parts in afghanistan in desperation, given the complete breakdown of the economy. the next point to address directly, we ve argued very clearly that all $9.5 billion of frozen assets of afghanistan, 7 billion in the us, 2.5 billion in europe and elsewhere, need to be released so that a functioning economy and a functioning central bank and a functioning finance ministry can get back into place. the us last week did agree to make clear that sanctions do not apply to organisations that are working with government states, er, government ministries. they apply just to the individuals who are named in the sanctions list, but they ve got to go much further. they ve got to pay the salaries of the civil servants. they ve got to make sure that the assets are released to underpin a properly functioning banking system, and they ve got to get international technical support into the finance ministry and the central bank, so that the economy can be run properly.
the u.s. sanctions list, and of course, this past week, this 500 foot yacht, half a billion dollar worth, was just seized by german authorities. tell me a little bit about who these guys are, and what do they have to do with this putin in the war, at this point, if anything? so some of these people got rich on the yeltsin. some of these people got rich andra putin. so so they have remained very rich. there was a deal in the 1990s when nelson was about to lose an election, that these now oligarchies gave him a lot of money to get reelected, and then in return they were given a bargain based on prices. they could buy the oil, the gas, the metals, all the riches that the soviet union had. and now, russia has. and then, some of these all of our x, like the two of them who
top russian billionaires, accused by the eu of being too close to vladimir putin. the dilbar megayacht, the largest in the world, with two helipad is, in the world, with two helipad s, owned by another guy linked to british football, seized by german officials. and on the south coast of france, french custom seizing a yacht owned by a long term ally of vladimir putin, boss of the roles nest oil company. here in the uk, the foreign office also added uzmanov to britain s sanctions list, alongside a putin associate, both men hit by a travel ban and an asset freeze on their mansions and flats with many millions of pounds. we are fast forwarding sanctions against russian oligarchs, but we need to go further. we need to make sure no russian bank has access to swift. today, the premier league welcomed the sale of chelsea football club by its russian owner, roman abramovich, saying the ownership had
that you ve just quoted that there are people selling their children and that there are people selling their body parts in afghanistan in desperation, given the complete breakdown of the economy. the next point to address directly, we ve argued very clearly that all $9.5 billion of frozen assets of afghanistan, 7 billion in the us, 2.5 billion in europe and elsewhere, need to be released so that a functioning economy and a functioning central bank and a functioning finance ministry can get back into place. the us last week did agree to make clear that sanctions do not apply to organisations that are working with government states, er, government ministries. they apply just to the individuals who are named in the sanctions list, but they ve got to go much further. they ve got to pay the salaries of the civil servants. they ve got to make sure that the assets are released to underpin a properly functioning banking system, and they ve got to get international technical support into the fi