Kogler wants to collect assets from the oligarchs in Austria
From the point of view of Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens), “oligarchs” are “a worthwhile target” when it comes to sanctions. Your assets in Austria “will have to be raised,” he said according to advance information on the Puls24 program “Milborn”. “What is possible in other states of the Union should also be possible in Austria. There are plans to track the whole thing down,” Kogler is quoted as saying.
There are “shares of assets and transfers of assets” as well as property ownership and participation by oligarchs who have not shied away from contract killings. But he couldn’t say anything more about that. “We also imported all this to Austria with our banking system, one simply has to say,” said Kogler, according to the broadcast.
Kogler is against Austrian companies being fully compensated for their losses through sanctions. Banks and financial institutions in particular have been making “huge profits” in business with the East for years. If a risk then materializes, it cannot be “that the public sector has to be 100 percent responsible”. The Kogler looks more differentiated in manufacturing companies and even more so in small and medium-sized companies.
The fact that weapons are flown over Austria or transported on Austria’s roads must be looked at in individual cases, but it would be possible, said Kogler accordingly.