Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.
President Trump’s threat to abandon Ukraine added urgency to plans to fund security or reconstruction with the roughly $300 billion owned by Russia’s central bank.
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Europe has no choice but to seize frozen Russian assets
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Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets
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Europe’s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assets
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
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