Merrick Garland Approves Transfer of Russian Assets to Ukraine

Merrick Garland Approves Transfer of Russian Assets to Ukraine
Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on as he testifies at a House Appropriations Committee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on "Budget Hearing—FY2024 Request for the Department of Justice" in Washington on March 29, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that he had given the go-ahead for the first transfer of confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian oligarch, with breaching sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. The United States claimed that he had provided funds to Russians who were promoting separatism in Crimea.

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