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Monday, March 14, 2022
Rebuild Ukraine with frozen Russian assets — Polish PM
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Poland says frozen assets belonging to the Russian state and oligarchs should be confiscated and used to create a fund to rebuild Ukraine.
Russian military action has destroyed Ukrainian infrastructure and homes since President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion on February 24, forcing more than 2.8 million people to flee the country.
The West has since imposed harsh sanctions on Moscow and Kremlin-linked oligarchs, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the owner of the Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calls on the international community to give Ukrainians “a hope of reconstruction, the hope of a future” through a “large fund based on Russian assets.”
“Freeze the Russian state’s assets completely, confiscate them. Freeze the assets of Russian oligarchs, big and small, businessmen and politicians,” he said following a meeting with his Lithuanian and Ukrainian counterparts.
“Let them (the assets) aid the reconstruction of the (Ukrainian) state that is heroically defending its independence and sovereignty.”
“Having attacked a country, the brutal aggressor must pay the highest price we can impose in a democracy and in the framework of the peaceful coexistence of nations.”
The Times of Israel Community.