It's time to seize Russian assets, not just freeze them, says UK's Lammy

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uks-lammy-its-time-seize-russian-assets-not-just-freeze-them-2025-02-25/

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eran_morad@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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futatorius@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
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DougHolland@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Seems legit to me. For decades the "global economy" has been invoked to allow low wages, cheap imports, factory jobs outsourced to distant nations, etc. Here's a chance to use the "global economy" for good instead of evil — seize and sell off all the foreign assets of Russia and the Russian rich.

afc@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

What authority does the UK lemmy instance have here?

morrowind@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Lammy

Dingus@lemmy.myserv.one · -1 pts · 1y