United Kingdom
updated Apr 29, 2024
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Dear Sir/Madam [ENTER NAME HERE],
As Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine nears the third year it is clear that more needs to be done both to support Ukraine and punish Russia.
In June of 2023 an amendment was made to Legislation No. 665 to use sanctions for the express purpose of promoting Russia compensating Ukraine for the destruction caused. Although this was a welcome addition it remains woefully inadequate and unspecific.
In April of 2024, the US passed the REPO Act, which allows Russian assets held in the US to be confiscated and transferred to Ukraine. The UK has an estimated £18 billion of frozen Russian funds. We should join the US in passing a similar law.
A government engaged in war, torture, rape and the kidnapping of children on an industrial scale, all while insisting it is already at war with NATO, should not have a safe haven for its assets in a NATO country. Meanwhile Russia’s expenditures, a third of its entire government budget, are over double what Ukraine and its allies are spending on this war.
We should have no illusions about what’s at stake: Russia’s war is about upending the world order. If Russia is allowed to redraw its neighbors’ borders, as it sees fit, by force, the world opens a floodgate of violence that will shatter the architecture of world security.
Yours Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
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Dear Prime Minister,
As Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine nears the third year it is clear that more needs to be done both to support Ukraine and punish Russia.
In June of 2023 an amendment was made to Legislation No. 665 to use sanctions for the express purpose of promoting Russia compensating Ukraine for the destruction caused. Although this was a welcome addition it remains woefully inadequate and unspecific.
In April of 2024, the US passed the REPO Act, which allows Russian assets held in the US to be confiscated and transferred to Ukraine. The UK has an estimated £18 billion of frozen Russian funds. We should join the US in passing a similar law.
A government engaged in war, torture, rape and the kidnapping of children on an industrial scale, all while insisting it is already at war with NATO, should not have a safe haven for its assets in a NATO country. Meanwhile Russia’s expenditures, a third of its entire government budget, are over double what Ukraine and its allies are spending on this war.
We should have no illusions about what’s at stake: Russia’s war is about upending the world order. If Russia is allowed to redraw its neighbors’ borders, as it sees fit, by force, the world opens a floodgate of violence that will shatter the architecture of world security.
Yours Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
