The Belgian depository Euroclear will decide on the confiscation of frozen Russian assets "in a few weeks," said Valerie Ubren, the new executive director of Euroclear, in an interview with the Belgian newspaper L'Echo, reports UNN.
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The decision should be made in the coming weeks. The amount will be in the range of 87% to 89% of all income from Russian assets after tax
According to her, the total amount of income from the blocked assets will be EUR 2-3 billion, depending on interest rates.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine in February 2022, the G7 countries have frozen about €300 billion of Russian foreign exchange reserves. At the same time, about €208 billion is in the European Union, mainly in Euroclear accounts.
According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the EU countries have agreed to transfer 90% of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.