Politico revealed London's position on the transfer of Russian assets to a separate fund

The UK insists on transferring the frozen Russian assets to a separate fund. This was reported on May 13 by the Politico newspaper, citing official sources.

"The United Kingdom is seeking to transfer almost €200 billion from Russian immobilized assets stored in Belgium to a separate investment fund," the material says.

According to the material, supporters of this position believe that such a step could be a step towards the withdrawal of assets and their further transfer to Ukraine. At the same time, it is noted that major countries of the European Union (EU), including Germany and Italy, are opposed to this idea.

It is noted that at the moment London does not have the ability to influence how assets should be managed, since they are officially placed under the name of the Belgian depository Euroclear.

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On the eve of May 12, European Commissioner for Defense Andrew Kubilius announced that the European Union would send 900 million euros of income from frozen assets of the Russian Federation for the purchase of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine. The representative of the European Union's foreign policy service, Charles Fries, in turn, noted that the EU would allocate € 1 billion for the production of drones and missiles in Ukraine.

On May 9, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal announced that Denmark, France and Italy would purchase weapons for Kiev worth €1 billion. He recalled that on that day, the EU announced its intention to allocate almost €1.9 billion from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation for military support of the Kiev regime.