The European Commission proposed legal changes on Wednesday to push member states to more effectively seize the assets of Russian oligarchs who violate sanctions related to the war in Ukraine. To tackle fragmentation, the EU executive branch wants to classify sanctions evasion as a particularly serious crime, meaning that all EU countries share minimum definitions and penalties to facilitate investigation across borders. “Many times we see assets recovery and confiscation of the small fry whereas the big sharks find ways to evade,” European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said at …