Fewer Russian assets frozen in Germany, finance ministry says BERLIN: Fewer Russian assets are currently frozen in Germany than a year ago, according to a letter from the finance... Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:28pm
World EU’s Kallas wants Russian assets to directly aid Ukraine LONDON: Frozen Russian assets should be used directly to aid Ukraine, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief... Published 12 Dec, 2024 05:38pm
World France to finance Ukraine aid with Russian assets PARIS: France will use a share of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in revenues from frozen Russian assets to finance... Published 06 Sep, 2024 11:48pm
World EU countries to provide up to 60% of $50bn loan for Ukraine, Italy says ROME: European Union countries are set to provide up to 60% of the $50 billion loan that the Group of Seven major... Published 21 Jun, 2024 07:25pm
World World leaders join Ukraine summit in test of Kyiv’s diplomatic clout LUCERNE: World leaders gather in Switzerland on Saturday for a summit aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war in... Updated 15 Jun, 2024 04:47pm
World Putin says freezing of Russian assets in West is ‘theft’ MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday branded as “theft” the freezing of Russian assets abroad and... Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:19pm
World G7 agrees on loan deal to support Ukraine with Russian assets BORGO EGNAZIA (Italy): Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed an outline deal on Thursday to... Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:31am
World G7 leaders agree to unblock $50bn for Ukraine by end of 2024: France PARIS: Group of Seven leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with $50 billion via the use of frozen Russian assets... Published 13 Jun, 2024 12:20am
World G7 ministers move closer to Russian assets deal to help Ukraine STRESA: G7 finance ministers are expected Saturday to agree a broad plan to use interest from frozen Russian assets... Published 25 May, 2024 10:46am
World Russia says EU will feel ‘full measure’ of retaliation over plan to use frozen assets to help Ukraine MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that the European Union will feel the... Published 23 May, 2024 04:49pm
World Yellen sees ‘possibility’ of $50bn Ukraine loan from seized Russian assets LONDON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said there was a possibility G7 nations would support Ukraine by as much... Published 21 May, 2024 07:50pm
World Russia warns Europe: if you take our assets, we have a response that will hurt MOSCOW: An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to... Published 23 Apr, 2024 01:48pm
World Russia should confiscate Western assets now after US move, top lawmaker says MOSCOW: Russia now has grounds to confiscate Western assets after the US House of Representatives passed legislation... Published 22 Apr, 2024 11:35am
World G7 seeing if it can draw on frozen Russian assets, Italy says CAPRI: The Group of Seven (G7) major powers are looking to see if they can use frozen Russian assets held in the... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:39pm
World Three killed, 20 injured in Russian strikes on southern Ukraine KYIV: Russian strikes overnight killed three people and injured 20 in the southern Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian... Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:36am
World G7 eyeing using frozen Russian assets as collateral for Ukraine loans, EU official says WASHINGTON: Group of Seven members are discussing using nearly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets as collateral... Published 18 Apr, 2024 08:09pm
World Yellen says it’s important to unlock value of Russian assets to aid Ukraine WASHINGTON: The U.S. and its Group of Seven (G7) allies are continuing to explore a range of possibilities to unlock... Published 16 Apr, 2024 10:31pm
World Russia says EU frozen assets plan is theft, will lead to decades of lawsuits MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday said a proposal by European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to take 90% of... Published 20 Mar, 2024 05:05pm
World EU’s Borrell wants to use 90% of frozen Russian assets revenues to buy arms for Ukraine BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday he will propose that the EU uses 90... Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:40pm
World G7 finance meeting marred by divisions over seizing Russian assets SAO PAULO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday publicly challenged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet... Published 28 Feb, 2024 10:57pm
World UK’s Sunak backs ‘bolder’ action on frozen Russian assets LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged the West on Sunday to be “bolder” in seizing Russian assets and to... Published 25 Feb, 2024 04:44pm
World Russia warns the West: we will be very tough if you ‘steal’ our assets MOSCOW: Russia warned the West on Tuesday that Moscow would be very tough if the United States and European Union... Published 13 Feb, 2024 01:32pm
World Swiss have frozen $8.8 billion of Russian assets ZURICH: Switzerland has frozen an estimated 7.7 billion Swiss francs ($8.81 billion)in financial assets belonging to... Published 01 Dec, 2023 05:43pm
World EU working on proposal for frozen Russian assets: von der Leyen BRUSSELS: The European Commission is working on a proposal to pool some of the profits derived from frozen Russian... Published 27 Oct, 2023 07:54pm
World Ukraine to get 1.7bn euros from frozen Russian funds: Belgium BRUSSELS: Ukraine is to receive 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion) from taxes on interest generated from Russian funds... Published 11 Oct, 2023 11:01pm
World Yellen signals support for windfall tax on frozen Russian assets WASHINGTON: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has voiced support for a European Union plan to impose a windfall... Published 21 Sep, 2023 09:47pm
World Over $8bn of Russian central bank assets held in Switzerland GENEVA: A total of 7.4 billion Swiss francs ($8.3 billion) of reserves and assets of the Russian central bank are... Published 10 May, 2023 05:55pm
World 'Not easy' to seize Russia assets: EU task force head STOCKHOLM: EU plans to seize Russian assets following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, prioritising state assets of... Published 25 Mar, 2023 12:12am
World Russian assets worth around $5.7bn sanctioned in Germany BERLIN: Russian assets worth around 5.32 billion euros ($5.69 billion) have been sanctioned in Germany over the... Published 18 Feb, 2023 01:20pm
Opinion Seizing Russian assets is easier said than done The idea is seductively simple: the West should turn over billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to... Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:12am