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A structured, predictable, and transparent approach to seizing Russian state assets to help Ukraine

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Last October, Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar tabled Bill S-278, which brings the mechanism of confiscation into accordance with international law as outlined by the World Refugee and Migration Council. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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