Shmygal discussed the confiscation of frozen assets of the russian federation in favor of Ukraine with international experts
Kyiv • UNN
Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal discussed with experts the confiscation of frozen russian assets to finance Ukraine's recovery needs, which the World Bank estimates at 4 486 billion, including sovereign assets, oligarchs ' assets and a special tax on russian resources after the victory.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal concluded the confiscation of frozen assets of the russian federation with Senior Director of the Eurasian center of the Atlantic Council John Herbst and senior researcher at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University Philip Zelikov. This is reported by UNN with reference to the Prime Minister's statement on his Telegram channel.
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During the meeting, the Ukrainian prime minister thanked the experts for advocating the topic of confiscation among international partners.
According to him, today Ukraine's recovery needs, according to the World Bank, amount to 4 486 billion.
We discussed practical steps to implement our goal. In particular, the economic, political and legal basis for the confiscation of both russia's sovereign assets and russian oligarchs, as well as the idea of introducing a special tax on russian resources such as oil, gas and others after the victory
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The head of EU diplomacy , Josep Borrel, proposed using revenues from frozen russian assets in Europe, which are estimated at about 3 billion euros a year, to support Ukraine's struggle with russia through the European Peace Fund and the EU budget.
