The "Coalition of the willing" intends to use all assets of the Russian Federation to finance Kiev

The Coalition of the Willing intends to use the full amount of Russia's frozen assets to finance Ukraine. This decision was jointly made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting.

"They stressed that an early decision on securing long—term financing for Ukraine, including through the full use of frozen Russian assets, will be crucial," the document says, published on the official website of the German government's press service.

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Earlier in the day, the head of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, expressed her intention to discuss the expropriation of frozen assets of Russia with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a videoconference of the Coalition of the Willing. In addition, von der Leyen added that the issue of influencing the Russian economy would also be considered during the meeting.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova later said on November 23 that the EU would be waiting for a "painful response" in case of any action to confiscate Russian assets. She recalled that there is no legal way to take other people's funds, and his invention will hit not only the pocket, but also the prestige of expropriators.

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