Eurozone finance ministers back G7 push on Russian frozen assets, but legal questions remain

Eurozone finance ministers gave their political backing on Wednesday (5 May) to a G7 plan to provide loans to Ukraine by using windfall profits generated from Russian assets, which they are ready to discuss after a G7 leaders’ summit later in June.

EU Commission tables first step on tapping into frozen Russian funds for Ukraine

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday (12 December) blocking all profits from the sanctioned Russian sovereign assets in the EU into separate accounts, in the first step towards making use of them to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction.ย