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You can freeze an asset without seizing it.  I'm sure they intend to give it back.  Just about the same time Putin is dead and Russia pulls completely out of Ukraine.

So you're saying that a sovereign nation doesn't have a right to choose to join a military alliance, if that alliance will have them?

And Russia has the moral or legal authority to override the choice of that sovereign nation via invasion?

Does a sovereign nation have a right to develop a nuclear weapon? We have certainly been pretty interested in keeping that from happening, depending on the nation. Russia has a right to security, and a neighboring state joining an alliance with powerful armies, receiving weapons from those nations, and generally being unwilling to negotiate is not a recipe for Russia to feel secure.

And being invaded and murdered by Russia, is not a recipe for Ukraine to feel secure.

Certainly not. 

Does a sovereign nation have a right to develop a nuclear weapon? We have certainly been pretty interested in keeping that from happening, depending on the nation. Russia has a right to security, and a neighboring state joining an alliance with powerful armies, receiving weapons from those nations, and generally being unwilling to negotiate is not a recipe for Russia to feel secure.

If they have signed the NNPT, then legally, no.

Does a sovereign nation have a right to develop a nuclear weapon? We have certainly been pretty interested in keeping that from happening, depending on the nation. Russia has a right to security, and a neighboring state joining an alliance with powerful armies, receiving weapons from those nations, and generally being unwilling to negotiate is not a recipe for Russia to feel secure.

within their borders, sure. it's when they extend those security concerns outside those borders that they're infringing on another nation's rights to their own security.

if they want their bordering neighbors to stop seeking other forms of security that opposes russian interest, maybe russia should stop giving them reason to seek those alternatives.

within their borders, sure. it's when they extend those security concerns outside those borders that they're infringing on another nation's rights to their own security.

if they want their bordering neighbors to stop seeking other forms of security that opposes russian interest, maybe russia should stop giving them reason to seek those alternatives.

Exactly. Why do former bloc nations want NATO membership? Because they want protection from Russia.

And Putin just showed them why they need it. 

Joining a military alliance is a right--contingent on there actually being a willingness to admit you.

Just like freedom of speech is a right--but nobody is required to print your views.

If NATO extended an invitation, and Ukraine wanted to join, then no third party (i.e. Russia) has a right to stop them.

not seeing how that is a right. does Russia have a right to join NATO? does Cuba? No country has a right to join a military alliance. 

A right is something that cannot be taken away, nor is it given to you by anyone. NATO membership can be taken away, and it's given to countries by other NATO members (specifically the United States). It's not like freedom of speech. At all really.

Russia has legitimate security concerns and grievances- but that does not give them a right to invade another country. And I've never said as much, nor would I ever. I don't think any country has the right to invade another one. Countries have a right to defend themselves from invasion like Ukraine is doing right now, but that's about it in my view. Maybe also a right to security- but that's questionable to me as security can be open to interpretation. Russia is invading Ukraine not because they have some right to do so, they are doing so simply because they can. They are a much larger neighboring country with 100+ million more people, they have an economy almost 10x the size of Ukraine's, and they have a vastly larger and superior military. Countries don't do what they do because of any rights or morality. They do what they do because they either have the power to do something or they don't. Ukraine is not a powerful enough country to think it can incite tensions with Russia and expect no response from Russia. Unfortunately, they have to take into account the concerns of their much more powerful neighbor in order to ensure their security- that is just the reality of the situation. Things are what they are. Not what we wish them to be.