Spain Seeks to Push Forward EU Debate on Seizing Russian Assets
“We need to analyze the way to finance the help Ukraine needs,” Albares said. “It’s legitimate to consider the situation of Russian frozen assets.”
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Spain called on the European Union to move ahead with a discussion about seizing Russia’s frozen central bank assets as the bloc explores ways to provide continued support to Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters Monday that a debate was “more than legitimate” considering that the EU is already using interest generated by those assets to help Kyiv.