The end of a taboo on frozen Russian assets? – L’Express

The end of a taboo on frozen Russian assets

This is a question that comes up regularly in the debates between European kyiv allied countries: the confiscation of Russian assets. Several hundred billion euros have been frozen since the start of the conflict.

Read also: War in Ukraine: Confiscate frozen Russian assets, the fatal weapon of Europeans?

While the United States puts pressure on Ukraine to accept a peace agreement which would not necessarily be favorable to her, within the EU, more and more votes are raising to request that Russian assets be used to finance the war effort and the reconstruction of the country.

To enlighten us on the subject, we called on Paul Véronique, journalist at the L’Express Monde Service

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