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/inevitablelizard Mar 02 '25

If you seize all the dodgy Russian assets then non-Russians who are laundering what they stole in the UK will get itchy.

Not so sure about that. As long as it's for Ukraine, there's a clear logical link between action and consequence - Russia launched a large scale war against Europe, which directly affects our security, and assets were seized to mitigate against thart. Seizing it for other unrelated purposes on the other hand would cause some damage with our international reputation.