The media reported on France's plans to use Russian assets as security guarantees

France plans to use Russia's frozen assets to provide security guarantees for Of Ukraine. This was announced on March 3 by Financial Times (FT).

"French officials discussed a proposal to confiscate assets by European capitals in case Moscow will violate the future ceasefire agreement in Ukraine," the statement said.

The publication added that this initiative was "warmly received" by France's allies in Europe, however, despite the general favor, the parties are still far from agreeing.

According to the newspaper, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc that won the Bundestag elections, said he plans to consider supporting this proposal.

Earlier, on March 3, economist Maxim Chirkov said that the European href="https://iz.ru/1848032/2025-03-03/ekonomist-predrek-negativnye-posledstviia-ot-iziatiia-zamorozhennykh-aktivov-rf " target="_blank">the economy risks facing negative consequences due to the confiscation of Russian assets, which may lead to a decrease in its attractiveness to investors and business partners. It is impossible to legally withdraw them, he stated.

On the same day, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that attempts to seize Russia's frozen assets for transfer to Ukraine would have href="https://iz.ru/1847963/2025-03-03/v-kremle-predupredili-o-posledstviah-peredaci-zamorozennyh-aktivov-rf-kievu " target="_blank">serious legal consequences. He noted that there have been more and more such ideas in the West lately. According to Peskov, the sensible voices of those who urge to come to their senses and not destroy investor confidence turned out to be in the minority.