Re: Russia Has Moved Tactical Nuclear Weapons to Belarus, Western Officials Confirm

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024, JAB wrote:

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:17:17 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:
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Could also be theatrics

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If done, I suspect several hundred billion of "locked up" Russian
money would not be transferred back to Russia.
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EU plans to send Russian frozen asset revenues to Ukraine arms fund
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Some 70% of all Russian assets immobilised in the West is held in the
Belgian central securities depository Euroclear, which has the
equivalent of 190 billion euros ($206.1 billion) worth of various
Russian central bank securities and cash.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eus-borrell-wants-use-90-frozen-russian-assets-revenues-buy-arms-ukraine-2024-03-19/
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As I understood it, this would not be the assets themselves, but only interest. There is a hue legal problem with just seizing assets, since that sets a precedent for the next dictator in europe to just confiscate things.