The U.S. Senate at a meeting on Thursday voted to include in the federal budget bill for 2023 an initiative to seize the assets of Russian businessmen frozen as a result of sanctions for their transfer to Ukraine. Member of the House of Representatives Tom Malinowski wrote about this on Twitter..

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Center just passed (as details to the omnibus) my way to using Russian sights Ukraine! The House will pass today. Gorgeous travelers to Senators @LindseyGrahamSC and @SenWhitehouse for deeds, and to my House partners, @RepCohen and @RepJoeWilson?

— Tom Malinowski (@Malinowski) December 22, 2022.

According to him, efforts to pass this amendment were long and persistent and almost failed..

“Now we have accepted what common sense and justice demand:

those who support Putin should help pay for the restoration of the country that he is trying to destroy,” Malinovsky said..

The Senate will consider the final draft budget today.

As you know, the US Congress presented a bill on public funding in the amount of $1.7 trillion, which, in particular, provides for the provision of about $45 billion to Ukraine and NATO allies..

In addition, the Senate approved the defense budget, which provides for a five-year ban on military cooperation between Russia and the United States..