Russian oligarchs’ money could be used to rebuild Ukraine, says EU chief

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Maria Nizzero, an analyst from the Royal United Services Institute, a British defence and security think tank, said this method has limited scope as such an order would be unlikely to stand up to challenges in the courts and could serve to dilute the impact of the wider sanctions regime. In Britain, Ms Nizzero said, authorities are yet to decide the scope of their asset seizures, as politicians cannot agree on whether to take the opportunity to target Russian dirty money at the same time.