Haley Backs Bill to Seize Russian Assets as Trump Threatens NATO
- Bill targets Russia’s $300 billion in frozen sovereign assets
- Haley has hit Trump over populist stances on Ukraine, NATO
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is throwing her support behind legislation that would let the US seize sovereign Russian assets to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as she steps up her foreign-policy attacks on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal and thug who invaded a free country,” Haley said in a statement to Bloomberg News, adding that it should not be a question whether he should “pay the price for his actions.”