Russian Parliament Moves Closer to Adopting Law on Compensation for Sanctions - NYTimes.com: The Russian Parliament on Wednesday took the first major step to authorize the Kremlin to seize foreign assets and use them to compensate individuals and businesses in Russia that are being hurt by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
The law stands to arm the government of President Vladimir V. Putin with a remarkable weapon of retribution, effectively allowing the government to compensate the very insider businessmen and other elite figures who Western leaders hoped would convince the Russian leader to reverse his course in Ukraine.
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