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Resolving Accountability Over Russian State Assets: New Understandings of Jurisdiction and Policy Opportunities

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Almost three years into Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, approximately $300 billion in frozen Russian assets remain immobilized, and no definitive public accounting of them exists. In this special report, Yuliya Ziskina, Anton Moiseienko, and Jamison Firestone lay out measures to dispel the culture of secrecy that has developed around matters related to Russian state assets and improve the prospects of obtaining effective reparations for Russia’s victims. 


The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not an official policy or position of New Lines Institute.

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