Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna believes that Europe should confiscate Russian assets frozen on its territory, as there is a risk that they could be used against European countries. "Every ...

If Russian assets were seized without legal grounds, "it could pose a risk to European financial stability,” he said. “I advocate great caution when it comes to those frozen assets,” Belgian ...

(Bloomberg) — The value of Russian assets frozen by Swiss authorities jumped to 7.4 billion Swiss francs ($8.4 billion) as the country embraced further European Union sanctions against hundreds ...

But the region has so far refused to touch the $229 billion of Russian central bank cash sitting in the European Union, frozen after Vladimir Putin’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

BRUSSELS — Europe confiscating almost €200 billion of frozen Russian assets would be “an act of war,” Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever told reporters late Thursday night. Speaking after a ...

AP FRANKFURT, Germany — With U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv’s European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use the money to compensate ...