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> given Europe seized a ton of Russian assets Those assets are frozen, not seized.
by patrickmcnamara 5mo ago
> given Europe seized a ton of Russian assets
Those assets are frozen, not seized.
- 0x3f 5mo agoTo me frozen and seized are roughly interchangeable and mean, minimally, a temporary capture of control of an asset. Although maybe there's some strict legal difference I'm not aware of, I'm not sure there's much practical difference from the Russian PoV. Confiscation would be e.g. definitively taking control and disposing of it, the proceeds going in to the general funds of the relevant country.
- patrickmcnamara 5mo agoThe big difference is that the assets are given back when they stop invading other another country.