Belgium demands extra cash buffer for Russian assets loan – POLITICO
This cash buffer would come on top of financial guarantees that EU countries would provide against the €210…
Use frozen Russian assets for Ukrainian peace deal – POLITICO
Russia’s frozen state assets in the EU are better suited as a bargaining chip to achieve peace in…
5 main takeaways – POLITICO
Belgium is demanding that the guarantees exceed the total value of the EU loan and extend beyond the…
European Commission makes 11th-hour offer to win Belgian backing for Russian asset loan – POLITICO
Belgium’s ultimate fear is that the €140 billion could be lent to Ukraine and then a single pro-Russian…
Belgium’s De Wever dials up opposition to Russian frozen assets deal – POLITICO
Hopes had grown in recent days that De Wever could reverse his position if the European Commission were…
Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets – POLITICO
The question of how to use Russia’s immobilized assets has been one of the hardest for Ukraine’s allies…
EU’s G7 big 3 want heavyweight allies in seizing Russian assets – POLITICO
The next G7 meeting among finance ministers is scheduled for Oct. 15 in Washington, where policymakers will head…
Russia’s Medvedev threatens EU ‘freaks’ over frozen asset loan plan – POLITICO
Russia would pursue them in “all possible international and national courts … and in some cases, extrajudicially,” Medvedev…