Russia, Ukraine and Europe

‘Enough is enough’: Europe’s leaders are piling pressure on the EU to release $200 billion of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine
A rift is emerging between the east and west of the EU over what to do with Russia's seized central bank reserves.
Europe must raise defence spending, use Russian assets for Ukraine, Czech PM says
Europe should use money from frozen Russian assets for further military support of Ukraine and relax its fiscal rules to boost defence spending, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Monday.
Canada pledges $5B in seized Russian assets for Ukraine on war anniversary
Canada will send $5 billion in aid to Ukraine using funds from seized Russian assets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday at a peace and security summit in Kyiv.
Estonia in New Push to Get EU to Seize Russian Assets for Ukraine
Estonia has launched a new push to get fellow EU members to agree to seize frozen Russian assets and use them to help Ukraine, dismissing a Russian idea on how the money could be used as part of a peace deal.
Exclusive-Russia could concede $300 billion frozen assets as part of Ukraine war settlement, sources say
Russia could agree to using $300 billion of sovereign assets frozen in Europe for reconstruction in Ukraine but will insist that part of the money is spent on the one-fifth of the country that Moscow's forces control,
Zelenskyy: Frozen Russian assets belong to Ukraine
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed using a portion of frozen Russian assets to finance the future fund which is expected to be part of an agreement granting the US a stake in Ukraine's mineral resources.
Bloomberg: EU again checks possibility of seizing some of Russia's frozen assets
The European Union is studying additional ways to use Russian assets frozen on its territory, including their seizure, to compensate Ukraine for damages. Source: Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details: Bloomberg's interlocutors report that EU officials are discussing various ways to use Russian assets within the framework of the
UK's Lammy: It's time to seize Russian assets, not just freeze them
Europe should move from freezing Russian assets to seizing them, British foreign minister David Lammy said on Tuesday.
CNN regular Joe Walsh speculates Trump may be ‘Russian asset,’ a ‘plant’
CNN regular and former Republican congressman Joe Walsh claimed President Donald Trump may be a 'Russian asset' during an ...
Russian frozen assets cannot be confiscated — Macron
Frozen Russian assets cannot be confiscated, as this is contrary to international law. He stated this at a meeting with US ...
Elon Musk Says He Can't Be A Russian Asset Because Putin 'Can't Afford Me'
Elon Musk, President Donald Trump 's billionaire ally, joked Thursday that he isn't a Russian asset because Russian President ...
Starmer plans to hike UK defense spending to counter 'tyrants like Putin'
Keir Starmer said the increased investment was necessary because 'tyrants like Putin only respond to strength.' ...
The EU locomotives, together with von der Leyen, do not want to give Russia's assets to Kiev
Such "locomotives" of the EU economy as Germany, France, together with Italy, Spain, as well as the head of the European ...
Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia
The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control ...
Was Donald Trump a Russian spy in 1987? Bizarre allegations by ex-KGB officer will surprise you
A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy in 1987, codenamed 'Krasnov'. Trump allegedly became ...