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EU unwilling to seize frozen Russian assets for Ukraine without ‘solid legal basis’

 30.08.2025, 21:31
EU fears the lack of a legal basis for the confiscation might be a “gift” to Putin. Photo: Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU flickr account; PAP/EPA/VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN
EU fears the lack of a legal basis for the confiscation might be a “gift” to Putin. Photo: Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU flickr account; PAP/EPA/VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN

EU fears confiscating assets could “backfire” and be a “gift” to Putin.