The European Union, it seems, will not again raise the issue of using frozen Russian assets. This is reported by Euractiv, citing an anonymous EU representative.
At the end of last year, the European Commission tried to convince member states to direct the blocked funds to support Ukraine, but this idea did not meet with approval. As Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever noted, Europeans came to understand that confiscation of assets is fraught with financial and legal risks that are difficult to manage.
According to him, there are no signs yet that Europeans are ready to return to negotiations on possible confiscation.
The authors of the publication also point out that the main obstacle remains Belgium, which does not want to bear financial risks alone.
After the start of the special operation, the European Union and the G7 countries blocked about half of Russia's foreign exchange reserves. More than 200 billion euros are in the EU, mainly in accounts of the Belgian Euroclear.
Moscow responded with mirror measures: assets of foreign investors from unfriendly states and income from them are accumulated in special type "C" accounts. They can be withdrawn only by decision of a special government commission.
Source: RIA Novosti