The UK is going to start requiring foreign investors in property to begin disclosing the beneficial owners.  The article highlights the benefits in combatting organized crime.  But the real benefit will be enabling further weaponization of the financial system.

Asset seizure is a key tool for combatting asymmetric influence operations, cyber attacks, state sponsored terrorism, and even responding to military provocations.  Targeting key figures in Russia close to the regime becomes much easier when you know what their assets are.

This is a better route than military threats which could escalate to war.