Ukrainian Parliament Member Says West Should Get Tough on Oligarchs' Kids Too
Ukraine Parliament Member Calls for Tighter Oligarch Sanctions ... Their Children Should Suffer Too
One of Ukraine's prominent politicians says western nations can do more than send military support ... they can financially stick it to the children of Russia's oligarchs in order to put pressure on Vladimir Putin.
Inna Sovsun is hunkered down near Kyiv, and joined us Thursday on "TMZ Live" ... as the Russian army attempts to fortify positions, apparently digging in for a much longer war than Putin anticipated.
As devastating as the war has been for her country, Inna tells us citizens -- male and female -- remain focused on defending their homeland ... even though they're painfully aware Russia might resort to using chemical weapons and ultrasonic missiles.
While no one expects Putin to stand down ... she hopes people around him will realize the price of war is too high, and that's where the U.S. and other western nations can help.
Sovsun says tough personal sanctions against Russia's political elites -- aka Putin's oligarch buddies -- are a start, but shutting down their children will also hit them where it hurts. She points out that the oligarchs' kids are still allowed into the U.S. and some are still studying in Great Britain.
Inna told us, "I want them to go back to mother Russia and suffer for the consequences of what their parents did."
She added, "We are on the right side of history here," ... and she wants the U.S. and other countries to be also.
