The EU will confiscate Russia’s frozen assets, but not for Ukraine. Euroclear, the international clearing company, plans to withdraw and distribute approximately €3B in frozen Russian funds to compensate Western investors affected by the decisions of the Russian gover... #DenysShmyhal #Euroclear #Japan #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsConfiscation
MEPs urge the king of Belgium to facilitate the transfer of €250B in Russian assets to aid Ukraine. Dozens of European MPs have called on King Philippe of Belgium to support the confiscation of over €250B in frozen Russian assets and direct them to Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction. The par... #Belgium #Euroclear #KingPhilippe #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine
New opportunities arise to confiscate Russian assets. A significant portion of the Russian assets that were stored in debt securities in the Belgian Euroclear depository, is now resting in accounts belonging to correspondent banks in cash after the secur... #Belgium #Euroclear #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsConfiscation
Euroclear is wary of the negative consequences of confiscating Russian assets. Confiscating frozen Russian assets could have unintended consequences that would hurt the international financial system, said Valerie Urben, Euroclear CEO, which holds most of Russia’s frozen a... #Euroclear #G7 #PeaceTalks #RussianAssetsArrested #ValerieUrben
Russia lost its case to unblock €70B in the EU, so the funds can now be used to help Ukraine. The Russian National Settlement Depository has lost its case to remove EU sanctions imposed in connection with its role in financing the war. The depository came under EU sanctions in 2022 when the bl... #Euroclear #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianCentralBank
The G7 will create a fund for Ukraine using income from frozen Russian assets. Nikkei reported that the G7 plans to create a new fund to support Ukraine through grants, using future income from frozen Russian assets. The World Bank will administer the fund and be funded by contr... #Euroclear #G7 #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine
The EU has decided the fate of frozen Russian assets. The ambassadors of the EU agreed on what to do with the profits from the frozen assets of Russia, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU has announced. The money will be used to support Ukrai... #Euroclear #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #ValerieUrbain
The EU will direct 90% of the revenue from frozen Russian assets to help Kyiv. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that around 90% of the revenues generated from Russian assets frozen in the EU should be spent on arms purchases for Ukraine to boost its defensive capabilities. ... #Euroclear #JosepBorrell #OlafScholz #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsProfits #WeaponsforUkraine
The G7, led by the US, is discussing giving Ukraine $50B secured by profits from the assets of the Russian Federation; there is no longer any talk of confiscation. The US is negotiating with its close partners to provide Ukraine with aid worth up to $50B, with the costs to be repaid with profits from sovereign Russian assets. The US insists on concluding an agre... #Euroclear #G7 #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine
Russia will seize Western assets in retaliation, and the aggressor has other options for its revenge. As Reuters points out, Russia does not have enough Western assets on its territory for proportionate retaliatory confiscation, but it still has ways to retaliate against the West if it dares to seize ... #Euroclear #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SecuritiesMarket
The US offers to provide Ukraine with billions of euros in aid secured by profits from the Russian Federation’s frozen assets. As the FT writes, the US is proposing to the G7 a compromise plan for the use of Russian assets rather than their confiscation or simply providing Ukraine with their profits. Daleep Singh, the US pres... #DaleepSingh #Euroclear #imf #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits
Donald Tusk: The EU must use the frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. During a news conference in Warsaw on April 11, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the European Union should tap Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine because the windfall profits alone are insuf... #DonaldTusk #Euroclear #KajaKallas #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsConfiscation #WarinUkraine
The EU does not want to transfer €5B in income from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. The EU decided not to transfer €5B to Ukraine from the proceeds received from the investment of the frozen assets of the Russian Federation in 2022-2023. This money will be in Euroclear, the body that... #DenysMalyuska #Euroclear #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianAssetsProfits #RussianCentralBank
Ukraine will receive the first €3B in profit this summer from frozen Russian assets. The EC wants to accelerate the approval of the mechanism that will allow the use of profits from frozen Russian assets so that Ukraine can receive the first €2-3B tranche in July. As the FT writes, th... #Euroclear #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianAssetsProfits
The EU is approaching a decision on the use of Russian assets. In Europe, the only politically realistic approach to using Russian money to finance Ukraine is considered to involve about 1% of the frozen funds. However, Ukraine needs about €100B a year to fight t... #Euroclear #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank #SupportUkraine
The EU’s new defense industry strategy envisages using Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s defense industry. The EC has presented a legislative proposal regarding the European Defense Industry Program (EDIP), which would allow for future financing of support for Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex at ... #DefenseIndustryEU #EDIP #EUdefense #Euroclear #RussianAssets
The US Ministry of Justice handed over $500,000 of confiscated Russian funds to Ukraine, though Euroclear opposes it. Confiscated funds will be transferred directly to Estonia and further allocated to Ukraine through a project to accelerate damage assessment and critical repairs of the Ukrainian electricity system. T... #Euroclear #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianAssetsProfits #UkraineRecovery
Ukraine expects to receive $4B from Russian assets frozen in the G7 countries and the EU. According to Deputy Minister of Justice Iryna Mudra, Ukraine can receive $15-18B over the course of four years, including about $4B this year. “There is moderate optimism that the EU Council wil... #Euroclear #IrynaMudra #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsProfits #RussianCentralBank
The Kremlin threatens the West with years of trials and cyberattacks for trying to use its assets for Ukraine. Russia is threatening to initiate lengthy legal disputes in international courts if the G7 countries and the EU decide to use the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank to restore Ukraine, said the... #DmytriyPeskov #Euroclear #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank
Ukraine’s allies plan to direct frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine without their immediate confiscation. According to a plan proposed by Belgium, the allies could issue debt obligations to finance Ukraine’s needs, using the assets of the Russian Federation as collateral to guarantee repayment of the debt... #Euroclear #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank
An international depository earned more than €4B on frozen Russian assets. The financial group Euroclear earned €4.4B in 2023 on Russian assets that were frozen due to EU sanctions. This is about 80% of all interest income of the group. Aggregate net interest income, includi... #Euroclear #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation
Ukraine will need $10-$15B aid annually after the war, said Deputy Head of the Office of the President Rostyslav Shurma at the Ukrainian House in Davos. However, according to Shurma, this need can be satisfied if Ukraine receives frozen Russian assets cur... #DmytroKuleba #Euroclear #ReparationsForUkraine #RostyslavShurma #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
Belgium, which presides over the EU Council, insists on a clear mechanism for confiscating Russian assets. “Belgium is not against the confiscation of the €280B in frozen assets belonging to the Russian Central Bank, but there must be a clear mechanism for this. For example, they can be used as colla... #AlexanderDeCroo #Euroclear #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianCentralBank
A Belgian bank received more than €1.7B in profit from Russian frozen assets, and Estonia plans to be the first in the EU to confiscate such assets. As reported by Euroclear, the €1.74B in profit was from the first half of 2023. The Belgian bank’s management believes “It is necessary to separate estimated sanctions-related earnings fr... #Euroclear #MargusTsahkna #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #SanctionsAgainstRussia
