According to Merrick Garland's statement, the authorization Konstantin Malofeyev , which were confiscated in the United States.
Last year, US authorities charged the Russian businessman with violating sanctions measures against Russia, who, according to the indictment, provided financial support to Russian individuals to promote separatism in the Crimean peninsula.
According to the previous announcement
it involves millions of dollars seized from an account at a US bank linked to sanctions violations.
Merrick Garland announced in February, at a joint briefing with the Ukrainian Attorney General, that he would allow the use of seized Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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