Sunday, 3 July 2022

Liz Truss mulls seizure of Russian assets in UK to give to Ukraine

Foreign secretary ‘supportive’ of idea that frozen Russian assets could be redistributed to victims of invasion

The UK wants to follow the example of Canada and seize the assets of Russians in the UK in order to give them to Ukraine, Liz Truss has said.

It comes as the foreign secretary is due to give a speech on Monday to a Ukraine reconstruction conference in Lugano, Switzerland, which will be attended either in person or virtually by most of Ukraine’s senior political leadership.

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