Why isn't the West giving Russian frozen assets to Ukraine
4 June 2025
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Russia and Sanctions
It's also a question, particularly for the European Union, around trust in the Euro. If you invest and hold your central bank reserves in Europe and they get confiscated by the European Union, are you going to do that again. Is it going to set a precedent where having confiscated Russian assets, other countries like Saudi Arabia, or the UAE, or China say we are not going to invest in European assets anymore."