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As Parliament debates a new law to enable the New Zealand Government to impose sanctions over the war in Ukraine, a peace flotilla is preparing to sail north to make sure the Government puts those laws into action.<\/p>\n\n

The iconic protest yacht SV Vega with Greenpeace aboard will receive a sendoff from Auckland\u2019s Waitemata Harbour tomorrow morning at 09:00am at the Maritime Museum alongside Princes Wharf.<\/p>\n\n

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SV Vega<\/em> in Auckland, Waitemata Harbour being prepared to sail in the Ukraine Peace Flotilla
(C) Greenpeace \/ Oaaraki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Vega will sail north to join the flotilla along with the SV Windbourne, before heading for Russian billionaire oligarch Alexander Abramov\u2019s luxury Northland lodge in Helena Bay.<\/p>\n\n

The flotilla aims to arrive in Helena Bay on Sunday morning to deliver a message of peace and a call on the Government to immediately \u201cfreeze oligarch\u2019s assets\u201d to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n

On board Vega will be Greenpeace Aotearoa programme director Niamh O\u2019Flynn who says, \u201cToday the Parliament will pass a new law under urgency to enable freezing the assets of Russian oligarchs, and that\u2019s great but we need to see it in action too. People in Ukraine are dying now. There can be no delay. Our message to the Government is to freeze oligarch assets now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIf the Government is serious about using sanctions to pressure Putin, then they must go for the big fish quickly. That means freezing Alexander Abramov\u2019s assets, as New Zealand\u2019s richest Russian investor,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n

On Saturday, Greenpeace called on the Government to immediately freeze the New Zealand assets of Russian oligarchs<\/a> close to Vladimir Putin, until the Russian President ends his war against Ukraine. Over 8,000 people have now signed the petition<\/a> to support that call.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace has condemned the Russian government\u2019s war in Ukraine, and has called on President Putin to immediately pull back his forces and cease military operations. <\/p>\n\n

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In the name of peace, call on the New Zealand Government to freeze the assets of Russian billionaire oligarchs to pressure Vladimir Putin to call off the Russian Military invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Take Action\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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