Ex-US Ambassador proposed a scheme to lift sanctions against businessmen from Russia

McFaul proposed to lift sanctionsafter the conviction of Putin and the transfer of half of the state to the restoration of Ukraine.He also called for the introduction of a fee for tourists from RUSSIA to visit Europe.

Russian billionaires must be able to exit international sanctions lists, for this they will first of all have to condemn the military actions in Ukraine and personally President Vladimir Putin, donate half of their fortune to the Ukraine Recovery Fund and refuse to invest in Russia. Such a plan was proposed by former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul in his blog on Substack.

“This formula also gives them a choice. it seems fair to me too,” McFaul wrote.

The diplomat noted that sanctions should be imposed against all Russian billionaires, and considered the principle by which the separation is being carried out obscure. He also called for expanding individual restrictive measures against Russians in public office. “They can step down from their government and government-related positions and avoid sanctions. Or stay in these positions and get sanctions. It seems fair to me,” McFaul said.

The ex-ambassador also suggested introducing a ban on tourist trips for all Russian citizens or adding a fee for the restoration of Ukraine to the cost of all visas to democratic countries of the world.

In early March, the former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov (recognized as a foreign agent), published a collective letter asking him to lift sanctions against Alfa Group leaders Mikhail Fridman, Pyotr Aven, German Khan and Alexei Kuzmichev. It was signed by the founder of the Dozhd TV channel (included in the register of media-foreign agents in Russia) Natalya Sindeeva (recognized as a foreign agent), journalist Sergei Parkhomenko (included in the register of foreign agents), opposition leader Leonid Volkov (included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) and others.

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The Russian authorities call Western sanctions ineffective, harmful to the initiators themselves and demand their lifting. The same applies to measures against businessmen. “What the collective West is doing against them cannot be called anything other than banditry at the international level,” said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president.