• hauttdawg13@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    He seized that 2.34 billion.

    He should definitely do his job and release that 1.34 billion he’s holding soon.

    In fact he should go the the bank right now and release that 340 million.

    Go right to the office, get the account and wire that 34 million out to where it should properly be.

    once the 3.4 million reaches its final destination, we can all be happy the right thing was done.

  • milkonyourmustache@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Release it to who? A sanctioned individual? And you sure as hell can’t just take the money without turning the heads of all the other billionaires who use London as a laundrette.

    • Holiday_Document4592@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      As I understand it, the only reason the money is still sitting there is because the British government wants to renege on an undertaking that the money is to be used exclusively for the benefit of Ukraine.

      And is hoping Lord Cameron’s ‘stature’ will help.

      • dispelthemyth@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Oh no, the poor Russian

        Maybe he should follow through and set up a charitable foundation with no ties to him to receive the money like he said he would

        • MemestNotTeen@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          Think what you want of him that’s absolutely fair.

          My point is purely that it’s wild that a government can do something like that.

          Imagine now tomorrow morning they show up at your door kick you out and say you have to sell up but they are keeping the money?

          • calewis10@alien.topB
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            1 year ago

            Right! But… if you illegally invaded another country, committed war crimes and thrown elections across the free world. Maybe, just maybe, the democratically elected government in which you reside might want to use that for good. Rather, than say, more cluster bombs on children?

    • Lego-105@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      The owner of Chelsea was Russian. Russia was sanctioned. The owner was forced to sell. The government withheld the money owed to the Russian owner as part of the sanctions. The money was promised to Ukrainian war victims. They appear to still be withholding it either out of bureaucratic incompetence or a greed for the interest generated from it.

      • Its_Ace1@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Why does the British government get to keep all the money? Did he use British loans to buy the team and they’re collecting on it?

      • AlreadyUnwritten@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        they took it out of greed and are keeping it out of greed. there was never any other element to the situation.

        • mvp-a1@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          Or the fact that one of Abramovichs steel companies was providing steel for Russian tanks.

        • THEBEAST666@alien.topB
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          The government isn’t getting anything out of it. The money technically isn’t theirs. It’s frozen assets, not seized. They are just refusing to unfreeze it until there’s some proof that Abramovich is actually going to do with it what he promised, and that it isn’t secretly helping the Russian war effort.

  • RiyadMehrez@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Its a fucking joke theyve made him a lord to just get him into office and try and steady the ship before election.

    guy fucked generations of students with his tuition rises then fucked the brexit vote

    • PhoenixDawn93@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Just remember that when it’s time to go to the polls. At this point I’d take the Flying Spaghetti Monster over these cunts!

      Or even Mike fucking Ashley. Yes, I’m going that far!

      • RiyadMehrez@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Mike Austerity

        im more worried that the longer it takes the more the swing voters will go back to tories

    • pugiemblem121@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Bit late, but he got made a Lord to become Foreign Secretary, as cabinet ministers have to be sitting in Parliament.