Russia assessed the consequences of transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

For the European Union (EU), the transfer of Russian frozen assets to Ukraine will have very serious consequences. Andrei Klimov, a former senator and member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SWAP), said this on Tuesday, September 30.

Earlier in the day, Politico newspaper reported, with reference to a draft statement following the informal summit, that the European Commission (EC) would propose the exchange of 140 billion euros from Russia's frozen assets for coupon-free bonds, which would then be transferred to Ukraine, RT reports.

It is reported that these funds will be transferred to Kiev in tranches, while their number and timing of this task are not specified. 360.ru .

Klimov noted that the European Union is becoming more and more involved in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine every week. He noted that Europe is forced to sponsor Ukraine, and is trying to do so at the expense of the income that the Europeans have received from Russian assets legally located on their territory under their guarantee that Russia will have income from these assets in accordance with the agreements that have been signed.

"They violate these agreements and just steal our money. This is robbery — the open theft of other people's property, in this case ours. Everyone can see this, including those who also keep their money there," he stressed in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

Klimov added that such decisions may finally discourage other countries from keeping their money in the EU.

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But this is impossible without changing the basic laws of the EU, the European Parliament says.

On September 29, EC representative Balash Uyvari said that the proposal for a "reparation loan" to Kiev does not concern the confiscation of Russian assets and does not affect their main parts. It was clarified that the idea is to provide loans to Ukraine based on frozen assets of Russia, without their confiscation.

On the same day, the newspaper Politico reported that the European Union (EU) is considering the possibility of making a decision on Russia's frozen sovereign assets at the end of October. It was noted that the first discussion of the issue will take place within the framework of the summit of EU leaders in Copenhagen.

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