Thanks Tree. This is why I get my fair and balanced info at ET. As an aside... I do hope Cuddles is ok though. For real. Bigger picture here I guess. Despite his never ending propensity for click-bait... you could always count on him to break a story damn near as fast as a Bloomberg terminal. Plus, no one wants to see anyone fall in harm's way. He is gone though. Very strange. Hope you're ok H4M.
Not exactly sure if the U.S. has openly siezed anything... I see a lot of European countries have frozen assets and siezed yachts or planes but not a lot of oligarchs have assets in U.S. (taxes). But to do so does require a process in the U.S... https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ho...-control-russian-oligarchs-assets-2022-03-07/
One of the things that confounds the discussion a bit is that many of the reports refer to "sanctioning" the oligarchs. "Sanctioning" is not really a loosey goosey non-legal term and is not necessarily a "seizing" of anything. So it is sort an oligarch by oligarch discussion. Some of them have criminal charges for money laundering for illegal activities, others are bad actors associatied with a bad actor country and the US is sanctioning them by saying they can no longer enter the country or do business with XYZ bank or the like. That does not trigger the full spectrum of rights that a foreigner has if there is actually a seizing of property or a criminal charge.
You need to figure out the "block" function of ignore dipshit. I've also seen your posts for two years. Duhhhh.
Top Former Russian Official Suggests a Coup Will End Putin’s Dictatorship https://dailyboulder.com/top-former-russian-official-suggests-a-coup-will-end-putins-dictatorship/
Russian Billionaire Who Criticized Putin Forced To Sell Company Shares: 'Kremlin Will Kill Me' https://www.ibtimes.com/russian-bil...sell-company-shares-kremlin-will-kill-3491128 Oleg Y. Tinkov said Kremlin did not allow him to negotiate the price of selling his shares He said he received warnings from his friends who had contacts in Russia's security service Tinkov said a warning was issued to the senior executives of the Tinkoff Bank a day after his post A Russian billionaire who previously criticized President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine has been forced by Kremlin to sell his company shares, according to a report. Oleg Y. Tinkov, the founder of TCS Group Holding and the digital Tinkoff Bank, had a net worth of $9 billion in November. His net worth has now fallen to $8.23 billion after Kremlin forced him to sell his 35% stake to Russian mining billionaire Vladimir Potanin, who is close to Putin. Moreover, he was not allowed to negotiate the price of the sale, The New York Times reported. “It was like a hostage — you take what you are offered,” Tinkov told the newspaper during a phone interview Sunday. The Russian billionaire added that he had hired bodyguards following warnings from his friends, who had contacts in the country’s security service. “The Kremlin will kill me,” he said. Tinkov added that many of his business acquaintances and government contacts told him privately that they agree with his comments on the war. However, they “are all afraid” of the potential consequences if they dare cross Putin. Tinkov had called out Putin and slammed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an Instagram post in mid-April. "I do not see ONE beneficiary of this insane war!" Tinkov wrote in Russian on Instagram. "Innocent people and soldiers are dying. The generals woke up from a hangover, realized they had a sh---y army." "Dear 'collective West' please give Mr. Putin a clear exit to save his face and stop this massacre," he added. Tinkov said Kremlin called the senior executives of the Tinkoff Bank a day after he published his Instagram post. The executives, Tinkov said, were warned that any association with their founder was a major problem. Tinkov is one of the few Russian elites who has spoken out against the invasion of Ukraine. In February, Alfa Bank founder Mikhail Fridman published a letter to staff where he said he was convinced that war “can never be the answer” and called for the end of the “bloodshed.” Oleg Deripaska, a metal mogul, also took to Telegram to call for negotiations between the Ukrainians and Russians.
Russian gas tycoon who defected mid-invasion says Putin 'must be hanged' for his crimes Igor Volobuyev fled Russia just days into the war and now feels the need to "repent" after two decades of support for the Kremlin - and he wants to see the president pay with his life https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-gas-tycoon-who-defected-26846616