Minister of Justice Olga Stefanishyna believes that it is too early to make “alarming statements” about the disbandment of the KleptoCapture task force in the United States, which is searching for the assets of Russian oligarchs.
Olha Stefanishyna said this at the conference “Ukraine’s Accession to the EU: Shaping a Transformational Agenda,” Radio Liberty reports.
“The new administration is being formed, and I think it’s too early to make any alarming statements. And I am sure that after the new administration is formed, it will be possible to discuss issues that are important. As far as I understand, the issue of frozen assets is also a subject of interest to the new US administration, so I expect that as soon as the relevant persons are appointed, we will start a dialogue,” the minister said.
Stefanishyna also reminded that the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is also responsible for the recovery of assets of sanctioned persons in Ukraine and has “enough information about the assets of both former oligarchs and sanctioned persons abroad.”
As a reminder, on February 7, it became known that the US Department of Justice ordered to disband the KleptoCapture Task Force, a unit created to enforce sanctions against Russian oligarchs.