EU Seeks Ways to Seize Part of Russia’s Frozen $280 Billion

The idea that Russia may agree to using the frozen money to help rebuild Ukraine has not been previously reported, and may give an insight into what Russia is willing to compromise on as Moscow and Washington seek to end the war, at a time when Trump is pushing for U.S. access to Ukrainian minerals to repay Washington's support,

Reuters writes

It would require the European side to fully back the current stance of the U.S. aimed at dialog with Russia,

Kouzmin said, calling such a scenario “very optimistic”.

Nothing about Ukraine and the EU can be decided without Ukraine and the EU,

said Anitta Hipper, a spokesperson for the European Commission

Margarita SimonyanrT head

I propose a solution. They pay this money towards our purchase of those territories, those lands that want to be with us,

said Margarita Simonyan, head of the Russian state broadcaster RT, in 2023