Can the property of Russian oligarchs be used to accommodate refugees? Since the announcement of Western sanctions against several personalities close to the Kremlin, the idea has gained ground, assures the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Labor Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has spoken along these lines – he has spoken of a measure of “poetic justice” –, as did the radical left Minister-President of the Land of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow. In Bulgaria, the activist and founder of a survey site Atanas Tchobanov has also proposed to requisition the properties of the sanctioned rich Russians.
“The freezing of the assets of Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov and other members of Russia’s economic elite makes the ultra-rich pay for the injustice and suffering suffered by Ukrainian refugees”, explains the conservative Frankfurt newspaper. Even the German liberals, for