EU Economy Chief Open to Confiscating Frozen Russian Assets
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The European Union should consider taking bolder steps such as confiscating frozen Russian central bank assets to compensate Ukraine, the bloc’s top economic official said, downplaying risk warnings from the European Central Bank.
“We certainly must explore and work on all options,” Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said Thursday in an interview. “There is an established principle under international law that the aggressor is liable for the damage which it’s creating, so we must find ways how to make Russia pay for the damage it is creating in Ukraine.”