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I seem to remember assurances sr that biden s tough ukraine war sanctions would putin, chose this war and now he and his country will bear the consequences. this is going to impose severe cost on the russian economy, both immediately and over time. mean scary. and then the media took the bait on oligarch angle. those of us of a certain age all remember lifestyles of the rich and famous theme song and host robin h. with his champagne wishes and caviar dreams. but this week, it s vodka wishes and borscht dreams, and they re being shattered. and france authorities have seized a yacht owned by igor session and also seized by germany is a yacht owned by alisher usmanov. it s called the klepto capture task force, enforcing sanctions and seizing yachts from russian oligarchs. will it put the pressure on putin, put the pressure on vuitton? o what srd o the reportme and card, this grand sanction
For the klepto capture task force. they want to more quickly seize high value assets like this 255 yacht that was grabbed earlier this month worth about $90 million. they want to much more clearly and quickly sell these assets off then take that money and turn it around and use it to fund the ukrainian resistance and the rebuilding of the very country that putin has invaded and in large part trying to do. tom, thanks as always. douglas, hello to you. welcome. thank you so much for doing this. at least two oligachs and their family members dead under mysterious circumstances. what is going on? good evening. you can t put things like this past putin but at the same time it s not consistent.
Walk us through it. reporter: john, this announcement today from the justice department gives you an idea of how difficult it is for prosecutors to track down these assets and to bring these cases. these are sanctions that go back to the russian invasion of crimea, the person charged for making transactions related to evading sanctions that he s been under is now charged in this indictment but, again, this is going back to the original sanctions that came after the invasion of crimea. so the justice department has this klepto capture task force looking to get these assets. we can expect, according to the justice department, that they re going to be doing this for years to come, john. and, evan, the attorney general also talking about helping to gather evidence of
Weeks or months, but that s the outcome for the transgressions that he has done. in the past, i have heard said, sanctions hurt the people and not the government. yes. we ve tried a kind of two-tiered approach to hurt the oligarchs who protect putin and indirectly to hurt the russian people. and i think that hasn t quite happened yet. and as we were saying, the russian people have a big capacity for suffering. and they haven t really started suffering yet. is there a way back, in the future, to bring back russia? you know, i just keep wondering, this is you know, changing things in a very real way. speaking of which, let s go to the department of justice. right now they re speaking. merrick garland. good morning. when we announced the launch of the klepto capture task force last month, i said we would leave no stone unturned in our