Kremlin critic Bill Browder says US-style legislation would give UK power to confiscate money to support Ukrainian military efforts
The Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder has urged MPs to introduce a US-style law that would allow the government to confiscate frozen Russian assets to support military efforts in Ukraine.
Browder, who became a prominent campaigner after his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in custody in Russia in 2009, told the UK’s Treasury committee that passing laws similar to Washington’s could “change the whole nature of the war”, and help shift the burden from taxpayers to businesses and individuals subject to sanctions.
“Should Vladimir Putin’s legal rights to his money be more important than the taxpayer of this country’s rights? I don’t think so, and I don’t think any of you would find any objection in any of your constituencies if you went and had that conversation,” Browder told MPs.
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