BREAKING: INVASION HAS BEGUN..... Putin's "3-day war"... NOW... 1 YEAR 338 DAYS ...WAGNER HEAD SAYS GROUP STANDING DOWN AFTER CLAIMS OF DEAL
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This was written back in Spring but has been updated. Pretty comprehensive take:
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Why do the US and its allies want to seize Russian reserves to aid Ukraine?
Some propose the U.S. and allies seize Russia’s reserves and use the proceeds to rebuild Ukraine--how would this work, and what are the global implications?
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Russia says seizing its frozen assets would set dangerous precedent
April 22, 20245:17 AM CDTUpdated 6 months ago
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MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Any move by the United States to seize frozen Russian assets would be illegal, set a dangerous precedent and be challenged in court, the Kremlin said on Monday, promising that it would retaliate.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that included a measure for the potential transfer of seized Russian assets to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Group of Seven (G7) major powers are discussing the possibility of using some $300 billion of sovereign Russian assets, frozen in the West, to help fund support for Ukraine.
"This is a breakdown of all foundations of the economic system," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "It is an encroachment on both state holdings and private property. These are illegal actions."
He said there would be some kind of retaliation and legal action, without going into details.
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"If such measures are implemented, many countries and investors will think 10 times before investing in the U.S. economy or keeping their holdings there," Peskov said.
A top Russian lawmaker on Monday said Russia now has grounds to confiscateWestern assets after the U.S. legislation was passed. Moscow has already placed some Western assets under temporary management and forced scores of asset transfers from foreign to domestic buyers at discounts of at least 50%.