Kremlin aims to fire warning shot against EU’s plan to use €90bn of frozen funds to give loan to Ukraine

Russia's central bank says it is suing Belgium's Euroclear in court following an EU bid to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

The anticipated move, slammed by Hungary, is a key step in a plan to use the funds to underwrite a loan to Ukraine.

Legal challenge is first shot across the bows as Brussels aims to use funds for €90bn loan to Ukraine

EU plans to indefinitely freeze Russian assets to facilitate a €165 billion loan for Ukraine amid ongoing conflict.

According to Leonid Slutsky, the decision to freeze the assets for their subsequent use in a reparations loan to the Kiev regime will mean "crossing the Rubicon," a step that will…

The decision is a significant step towards using the cash to aid Ukraine’s defence – but Moscow is threatening to retaliate

Russia's Central Bank filed suit against a Belgian bank that has about $217 billion in Russian assets to stop the EU from loaning cash to Ukraine.

Nella causa presentata presso il Tribunale arbitrale di Mosca, la Banca centrale russa ha chiesto al fondo belga Euroclear un risarcimento di circa 200 miliardi di euro per il…

Nella causa presentata presso il Tribunale arbitrale di Mosca, la Banca centrale russa ha chiesto al fondo belga Euroclear un risarcimento di circa 200 miliardi di euro per il…

Kremlin aims to fire warning shot against EU’s plan to use €90bn of frozen funds to give loan to Ukraine

Complex plan would involve EU lending €90bn to Ukraine, which some fear could destabilise Eurozone. Putin says move is akin to ‘theft’