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Yorkie Mom

(16,420 posts) Fri Apr 1, 2022, 02:49 PM Apr 2022

NEW: Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to five yachts worth a combined $1bn.

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NEW: FT investigation reveals that Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to five yachts worth a combined $1bn.
Authorities were not aware of some of the yachts, highlighting the difficulties they face in tracking the assets of sanctioned oligarchs

Who doesn't own a handful of yachts worth a billion...

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NEW: Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to five yachts worth a combined $1bn. (Original Post) Yorkie Mom Apr 2022 OP

Confiscate them. Kingofalldems Apr 2022 #1

Use them to house refugees. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #3

Not here they won't. former9thward Apr 2022 #4

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Kingofalldems

(38,461 posts)

1. Confiscate them.

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Fri Apr 1, 2022, 02:50 PM

Apr 2022

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

3. Use them to house refugees.

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Fri Apr 1, 2022, 03:00 PM

Apr 2022

After the war, sell them off and use the proceeds to rebuild Ukraine.

former9thward

(32,030 posts)

4. Not here they won't.

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Fri Apr 1, 2022, 03:26 PM

Apr 2022

The U.S. has not sanctioned Abramovich or any of his companies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Joe Biden to delay imposing sanctions on the Russian billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich so he could act as a mediator between Moscow and Kyiv

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/03/23/zelensky-asked-biden-to-not-sanction-billionaire-oligarch-abramovich-report-says/?sh=785596012753

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