The Saeima of Latvia in the final reading adopted amendments to the law on support for Ukrainians: now cars owned by the state can be transferred to the ownership of the government of Ukraine, the Latvian agency LETA reports with reference to the press service of the parliament. According to Delfi, the car transfer process is organized through an organization that cooperates with the government of Ukraine and has received specific requests for assistance.
Raimonds Bergmanis, chairman of the Commission on Defense, Internal Affairs and Prevention of Corruption, said that now the authorities can transfer cars confiscated from drunk drivers to Ukraine. He clarified that such machines can be sold, sold, recycled or disassembled for spare parts, but in the current conditions they would be "useful support for the people of Ukraine."
The decision on the transfer of cars belonging to the state will be made by the Cabinet of Ministers in accordance with the regulation on the procedure for the transfer of state movable property free of charge to the ownership of foreign governments and international organizations.
Earlier, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the United States would transfer $5.4 million confiscated from Konstantin Malofeev, the founder of Tsargrad, to Ukraine. This is the first order to confiscate the assets of a Russian oligarch since the Russian invasion. In 2022, the Ministry of Justice created a task force (KleptoCapture) aimed at seizing the finances of Vladimir Putin's allies. The Federal Office of Justice of Switzerland stated that the transfer of the frozen assets of Russian citizens to Ukraine is contrary to the current legislation.