Janet Yellen rebukes Putin’s equating of seizing Russian assets with theft

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s characterization that seizing frozen Russian assets was equivalent to theft.

In an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Yellen outlined the Biden administration‘s position on the issue and argued that using Russian assets to send further aid to Ukraine was appropriate.

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