The United States is accelerating efforts to transfer Russian assets frozen in the West to Ukraine. The Washington Post writes about this, citing sources.
According to him, under the administration of United States President Joe Biden “there are increasingly frequent calls for the West to redirect Russian assets (help Kiev).
“Senior US officials are stepping up efforts to force Western governments to use billions of dollars of frozen assets from the Bank of Russia to help Ukraine,” the report said.
This comes at a time when “political obstacles” to the use of Western taxpayer funds for military aid have emerged, the publication said.
As WP notes, American officials insist that the possible transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine is not intended to replace economic and military aid from Washington to Kiev. At the same time, some administration representatives state that these assets can only be used to revitalize Ukraine, and not to provide military assistance.
Before that, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken statedIt was stated that the USA is exploring legal options to use $ 300 billion of Russian assets frozen to help Ukraine.
According to him, most of these funds are located in Europe.
Previously at the European Commission in the name The amount of Russian sovereign assets frozen in the European Union.