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3/18/2022

Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs Task Force Ministerial Joint Statement | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs Task Force Ministerial
Joint Statement
March 17, 2022

WASHINGTON – Following the launch meeting of the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs
(REPO) Task Force, the members from participating countries released the following joint
statement
“We, the undersigned Finance, Justice, Home A airs, and Trade Ministers and European
Commissioners, jointly commit to prioritizing our resources and working together to take all
available legal steps to find, restrain, freeze, seize, and, where appropriate, confiscate or
forfeit the assets of those individuals and entities that have been sanctioned in connection
with Russiaʼs premeditated, unjust, and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the continuing
aggression of the Russian regime.
“Russiaʼs latest invasion of Ukraine represents a further assault on the fundamental norms
and laws, including the UN charter, that underpin the international order. By working
together to hunt down the assets of key Russian elites and proxies and to act against their
enablers and facilitators, we take a further step to isolate them from the international
financial system and impose consequences for their actions, and we encourage other
countries to also take up this critical e ort.
“The Task Force that we have launched today demonstrates our unwavering support for
Ukraine and our collective resolve and joint commitment to holding accountable those who
have complicity in Russiaʼs unjust war. We are determined to deny them the ability to hide and
benefit from their assets in all jurisdictions and to undermine the integrity of the international
financial system.”
Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Trade Tourism and Investment, Australia
Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Canada
Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European Commission

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Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs Task Force Ministerial Joint Statement | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital
Markets Union, European Commission
Bruno Le Maire, Minister for Economy, Finance and Recovery, France
Eric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, France
Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance, Germany
Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic A airs and Climate Action, Germany
Marta Cartabia, Minister of Justice, Italy
Daniele Franco, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
NINOYU Satoshi, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission, Japan
FURUKAWA Yoshihisa, Minister of Justice, Japan
SUZUKI Shunichi, Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Financial Services, Japan
Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, United Kingdom
Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom
Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, United States
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, United States

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