In Germany, they thought about the legality of the confiscation of Russian assets in favor of Ukraine

Andrei Hunko, a member of the Bundestag from the Sarah Wagenknecht Union for Reason and Justice (BSW) party, appealed to the German government with a request on the legality of the confiscation of Russian state assets in favor of Ukraine.

"To what extent does the federal government agree with the position of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kai Kallas, that Ukraine has a "legitimate right" to the state assets of the Russian Federation, which should be confiscated and transferred to Ukraine?" Lenta quotes.Ru request text.

The parliamentarian also asked whether the federal government is considering the possible negative consequences of such confiscation, for example, the outflow of capital from foreign investors from the European Union.

Thomas Bagger, Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Foreign Ministry, referred in his response to Hunko's appeal to the government's position set out in the response to the parliamentary inquiry of the CDU/CSU faction on September 4, 2024. In the aforementioned document, the Government emphasized that the seizure of Russian assets does not contradict the law.

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Earlier, on April 1, it became known that the value of Russian assets frozen in Switzerland due to economic sanctions against Moscow increased to 7.4 billion Swiss francs ($8.38 billion). 360.ru .

It is specified that 14 real estate objects of individuals and legal entities have also been added to these frozen assets, IA Regnum reports.

The Swiss Ministry of Economy, in turn, pointed to the ongoing criminal investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office into alleged violations of sanctions and money laundering, which accounted for the majority of the newly blocked assets. The agency refused to disclose the details.

The authorities clarified that the frozen assets of the Russian Federation include real estate, airplanes and works of art.

On March 31, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and France expressed their readiness to impose new sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. In particular, the states called for the preservation of frozen Russian assets until the conflict ends and the damage is compensated to the Ukrainian side.

French President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conference following the summit of the Coalition of the Willing on March 27 that the participating countries had unanimously decided that the time had not yet come to lift sanctions against Russia. He stressed that such a policy would not work until peace could be established in Ukraine.