EU ‘prolonging the war’ with plan to steal Russian assets – Fico

Slovakia will not back the “reparations loan” for Kiev proposed by the European Commission, the PM has said

Slovakia will vote against any measures allowing the EU to use frozen Russian assets to cover Ukraine’s “military expenses,” Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.

Kiev’s Western backers froze about $300 billion in Russian central bank assets after the conflict escalated in 2022, most of it held at Brussels-based Euroclear. A sharp dispute has since emerged between nations pushing to use the frozen funds as collateral for a “reparations loan” for Kiev and those firmly against it, citing legal and financial risks. EU members are set to vote…

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