Liz Truss mulls seizure of Russian assets in UK to give to Ukraine
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#611GP)
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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