{"id":150820,"date":"2025-06-02T00:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150820\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T00:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:58:14","slug":"germany-urges-closer-look-at-confiscating-russian-assets-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150820\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany urges closer look at confiscating Russian assets for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thorsten Frei. Stock photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Thorsten Frei, Head of the German Chancellery, has called for renewed discussions in the West on confiscating frozen Russian state assets, citing Russia\u2019s refusal to pursue peace with Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Thorsten Frei in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung<\/a>, as reported by European Pravda<\/a><\/p>\n

Details: <\/strong>Frei argued that “a sense of justice” supports confiscating Russian assets frozen in the West, given “the enormous damage and human suffering that Russia inflicts on Ukraine”.<\/p>\n

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Quote from Frei: <\/strong>“We are now experiencing the heaviest bombing since the start of the war. Therefore, it is fair that Russian funds be used for necessary defence measures.”<\/p>\n

Frei acknowledged concerns that confiscation could deter foreign investment in the EU or Germany.<\/p>\n

Quote from Frei:<\/strong> “You cannot make an unambiguous decision. But we are in a situation where I say: we must consider the issue of Russian state funds even more carefully than before. We cannot allow Russia to play games with us all.”<\/p>\n

Read also: <\/strong>Compensation not for Ukraine. Why confiscated Russian assets may never reach Kyiv<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2022, following Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US and its allies froze approximately US$300 billion in Russian state assets.<\/p>\n

European leaders aim to use these assets to support Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction but have yet to agree on a legally sound method to avoid setting a problematic international precedent.<\/p>\n

Background: <\/strong>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has previously stated he supports confiscating these assets, provided it can be done legally.<\/p>\n

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