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This report outlines the economic, military, diplomatic, and domestic resilience tools available to the United States should Russia invade Ukraine.

americanprogress.org/article/how-th…

-Push to establish a NATO bank to finance major investments in capabilities such as modernizing eastern-flank forces by replacing Russian/Soviet equipment.
-Strongly back EU defense efforts and push the EU to finance defense investments and exempt additional defense spending from

EU fiscal debt rules.
-Engage Sweden and Finland over NATO expansion.
-Deploy additional U.S. forces and military assets to Europe.

Prepare for Russia's Response:
-Address the failures in the FBI and bolster FBI counterintelligence efforts.

-Est a new interagency active measures working group at the WH to track, monitor, expose, and counter Ru influence efforts
-Set up diplomatic and intelligence channels to share information and exchange lessons learned with allies and partners about Russian interference.

-Take legislative action to increase resilience to Russian interference.
-Prepare for cyberattacks.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would necessitate a paradigm shift in America’s approach to Russia. While Russia may not be “the pacing threat” that China is to the United States, it poses a direct and serious threat to the existing international system

Establish a standing U.S.-U.K. joint counter-kleptocracy working group.

The US and the UK should work closely together to counter Ru kleptocrats. The UK in particular, has become a major hub for Ru oligarchs and their wealth, with London gaining the moniker “Londongrad.”

Uprooting Kremlin-linked oligarchs will be a challenge given the close ties between Ru money and the UK’s ruling conserv party, the press, and its RE and financial industry. The US should propose creating the working group in part to prod stronger action from the U.K. government.

Target the enablers of kleptocracy.
The US and its allies should take sig steps to crack down on the Western enablers of Ru kleptocracy. This includes law firms, accountants, RE firms (Trump Org), and investment firms that all profit from integrating Ru oligarch wealth into the

West. The US and its allies should adopt strict regulations and laws that require transparency and limit the anonymity that allows dirty money to penetrate Western democracies

Devote more resources to investigating Russian money laundering, financial crimes, and political corrup

Massive Russian money laundering schemes have been uncovered in recent years, with banks in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the Baltic states all being exposed as key vehicles for Russian money laundering.

Read the report. Common sense, and totally doable if countries would just use their laws.

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