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Refuse to return
European governments should refuse to return the roughly €250bn of Russian Central Bank reserves held by European financial institutions unless Moscow pays full war reparations.
Robin Niblett distinguished fellow and the former director of Chatham House
Financial Times 23 February 2025
https://www.ft.com/content/460ab808-ebb7-4fe3-954c-dc252d3bcbd9
I synnerhet när det görs för att försvara den internationella rättsordningen.
EU officials are discussing how the assets could be used as collateral by a planned International Claims Commission, which will determine compensation owed to Ukraine, according to people familiar with the talks.
The assets could then be seized if Moscow refuses to pay the damages.
The EU’s economy and financial services chiefs Valdis Dombrovskis and Maria Luís Albuquerque, have said that the bloc should explore every possible option to help Ukraine,
including the confiscation of Russian central bank assets.
Jorge Valero Bloomberg 22 februari 2025
G7 leaders agreed that Russia’s sovereign assets would remain immobilized until Russia repays Ukraine for the damage
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Several member states, including Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg, and the ECB remain concerned that confiscation could breach the principle of a state’s immunity under international law and impact the euro as a reserve currency, as well as the euro area’s financial stability.
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