US officials said the assets are needed to help secure a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
  • Logi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Well yes, they’re trying to steal this money for themselves. Or probably Trump himself personally.

  • Nico198X@europe.pubEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    just do it already and stop asking for permission! Russia has already been at war with the West for over ten years!

  • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    This is about using illegally frozen Russian assets for loan. Both US and Belgium want to keep control over the funds, and terms where Ukraine only has to repay the loan if Russia begs to pay Ukraine government to accept its reconstruction funds is guaranteed to mean that Ukraine would never have to repay. Seems like performative posturing.

    • FiskFisk33@startrek.websiteEnglish
      31·
      11 hours ago

      I dont know about you, but taking “illegally” siezed Russian assets and using them to fund Ukraines defence against the illegal Russian invasion makes sense to me.

      • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
        14·
        5 hours ago
        1. it is a propaganda based view that Ukraine/“the west” didn’t start the war, and the mere thought of loan is desperation to keep war going. You need to be extremely angry at demonic evil that ever caused you to believe the lies.
        2. the money will 100% never be repaid, because it is not even a “subjugate Ukraine in perpetuity”. It is literally, pretend Russia should repay it.
          3, The decision process is “let’s have an equal EU vote on how Belgium can best corrupt assets that are concentrated under its jurisdiction.” Even before the US tells its slave colonies how best to corrupt funds they hold, Belgium is the first to veto.
          • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            Since 2014, US/west puppetted Ukraine has tried to exterminate ethnic minority in eastern Ukraine. Russia has engaged in peace process with Minsk accords all of that time, with West/Ukraine admitted that it was just a delay tactic to accept the accords. So, the news was there all along, you just chose evil propaganda instead.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    Maybe Europe shouldnt take financial advice from a country that is going bankrupt.

    But they just print more money, so its fine.