The US Department of Justice announced the transfer of $500,000 of forfeited Russian funds to Estonia for repairing Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on February 17 that the US sent $500,000 of forfeited Russian funds to Estonia to repair Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
The United States confiscated these funds after the disclosure of an illegal procurement network that tried to bring to Russia high-precision American-made machines used in the defence sector and for proliferation of nuclear weapons.
A Latvian citizen accused of this procurement scheme pleaded guilty to violating US export laws and regulations.
This transfer is the first transfer of funds from the United States to a foreign ally with the direct purpose of helping Ukraine.
Estonia will use these funds for a project to speed up damage assessment and critical repairs to the Ukrainian electricity distribution and transmission system.
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