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Des questions se posent après que deux oligarques russes, liés à des géants du gaz, ont apparemment assassiné leur épouse et leur fille avant de se suicider, à deux jours d’intervalle, relate le magazine Newsweek. Dans les deux cas, l’alerte a été donnée par l’enfant survivant des familles tuées.

The Ukrainian crisis has revived an old debate: how to effectively sanction a state like Russia? Let’s say it straight away: it is time to imagine a new type of sanction focused on the oligarchs who have prospered thanks to the regime in question. This will require the establishment of an international financial register, which will not be to the liking of western fortunes, whose interests are much more closely linked to those of the Russian and Chinese oligarchs than is sometimes claimed. However, it is at this price that western countries will succeed in winning the political and moral battle against the autocracies and in demonstrating to the world that the resounding speeches on democracy and justice are not simply empty words.