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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's an idea for the Oligarchs' mega-yachts...
Seize and impound the lot of them. Then form a joint venture company with Ukraine to remodel them slightly, and run them for 5 years as a luxury cruise line running high-priced cruising tours and generating lots of revenue.
After 5 years, their "luxury" factor and the novelty will wear off a bit and they can be refitted to a less-exalted level of accommodation and service and run as a combination eco-tourism and citizen-science fleet doing research tours and project-based engagement on climate change and mitigation. Maybe another 5-10 years doing that, with the "tourist" end paying the bulk of the expenses.
After that, refit and recommission them as a mercy fleet, with hospital facilities, refugee facilities, environmental action services, disaster response, etc.
Ukraine, if they wish, can have the lead role in coordinating the project, and receive a share of revenue from those first 5 years as some reparations from the oligarchs who supported the P* regime.
Just a thought.
creatively,
Bright
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)A good use for boats that are too damn big to belong to one person.
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)If Russia ends up pulling out, treat them as part of war reparations.
relayerbob
(6,536 posts)Into the Black Sea and ram them into amphibious assault ships