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Will the UK sanction Russian-owned assets over the Ukraine crisis?

by Stephen Beard

Feb 15, 2022

The British government has threatened to freeze Russian oligarchs’ property in the U.K. if Russia invades Ukraine. Is the threat credible?

By one estimate, at least 150 luxury properties in the U.K. — $2 billion worth — are owned by Russians with links to the Kremlin.

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