“Group of 7” seeks to seize 300 billion dollars of Russian money for the benefit of Ukraine
| An English newspaper reported that the failure of the United States and Europe to approve the budget for financial aid to Ukraine has made them think of confiscating Russian assets and donating them to Kiev. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, following the failure of the United States and Europe in approving more funds for financial support for Ukraine against Russia, the Financial Times newspaper says that the Group of 7 countries will stop their efforts to confiscate property and assets. The central bank of Russia and its donation to Ukraine have intensified.
This report added: The officials of the Group of 7 industrialized countries of the world have discussed in recent days about spending 300 billion dollars of Russia’s independent assets. They have accelerated to finance Ukraine; An extremist step that will open a new chapter in the West’s financial war against Moscow.
These efforts, while two packages of financial aid to Kyiv, worth more than 100 billion dollars, failed in the European Union and the United States. Republicans in the US Congress and Hungary in the European Union vetoed new financial aid packages.
Previously, there were discussions about confiscation of Russian assets under the pretext of financing the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, but the G7 countries have so far refused to take practical action on it.
Financial Times continued: Although Washington has never publicly supported confiscation of Russian assets, the United States has privately taken a firmer stance in recent weeks, claiming in Group of 7 committees that There is a path to freeze assets “in accordance with international law”. could seize Russian government assets as a countermeasure to persuade Russia to end its aggression in Ukraine.
A US official also said Washington was in active discussions about using of Russian assets and believes that there is a short time to make a decision. They suggested that the issue could be discussed at a possible meeting of Group of 7 leaders to coincide with the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.
The report added: “David Cameron The British Foreign Minister expressed confidence that there is a legal way to confiscate Russian assets and suggested that if the allies of the Group of 7 are not convinced, the United States and the United Kingdom should act unilaterally.
Cameron told a British parliamentary committee on Thursday: “Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.”
European leaders who met in Brussels on Thursday night Despite agreeing to start negotiations with Ukraine to join the European Union, they failed to approve a new budget for financial aid to Ukraine.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Friday that he opposed and vetoed the EU’s 50 billion euro financial aid to Ukraine at the summit of twenty-seven EU countries. /p>
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