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We Can Force Russia to Fund Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, analyst says (cepa.org)
submitted 2 years ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de
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While the necessity of supporting Ukraine, at all costs, should be obvious to all (it’s the best long-term investment the West can make against an expansionist Russia), it is a hard sell to electorates. But there is another way of doing this — we can make Putin pay. Even the populists in Europe and the U.S. would struggle to argue with that.

The West holds $400bn of Russian assets, either frozen or immobilized For comparison, all Western aid so far, including financial, humanitarian, and military, totals about $350bn.

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[–] 0x815@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Nobel prize winner Oleksandra Matviychuk: Legal mechanisms needed to use Russia’s frozen assets for Ukraine recovery

"> One and a half trillion rubles has been frozen abroad – these are Russian state assets. We need to find legal mechanisms, ways to use these money and direct it to the restoration of Ukraine. And it’s not only about the need to restore, but also to modernize the country," Matviychuk said.

She also emphasized that now it is necessary to talk about reconstruction during the ongoing war, not post-war efforts. After all, no one knows whether this is the final stage of the war or its mid-phase. It is important to convey the message to international partners that Ukraine needs recovery now. It is necessary to draw up development strategies and implement them for local communities.