Greenpeace – Ukraine Peace Flotilla on its way with call to freeze oligarch assets

The “Ukraine Peace Flotilla” set sail from Auckland this morning with “No War” banners flying.

Before sailing, Greenpeace Aotearoa programme director Niamh O’Flynn said: “Today we depart Tamaki Makaurau for Helena Bay in the far north. We sail to join the peace flotilla heading to the luxury retreat of Alexander Abramov, and there we will renew our call for sanctions against the billionaire oligarchs with ties to Putin’s regime.”

“If we want to dismantle the power behind this military aggression in Ukraine, then we have to cut off the money behind the Putin regime and those who have influence over him.

“We support the bill passed unanimously through parliament last night which empowers sanctions on the oligarchs behind President Putin, and one of those oligarchs is Alexander Abramov.”

“If the Government’s new sanctions law is going to mean something, Abramov’s assets must be frozen immediately.”