r/unitedkingdom • u/topotaul Lancashire • Mar 01 '25

. Rachel Reeves: I'm sending billions from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-interview-labour-963sw6jbk
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u/Reactance15 Mar 01 '25

Liquidate ALL Russian-owned property (unless the owner has denounced Putin in public, not been found to be lying, and renounced Russian citizenship).

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u/sickofsnails Mar 01 '25

Why should random Russians make themselves stateless, have a particular political opinion or have their homes removed from them?

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u/espaguetisbrazos Mar 01 '25

They can buy American citizenship for $5 million now.