🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺 The U.S. pitched Europe on unfreezing some of Russia's frozen assets to lure Putin back to peace talks.
Witkoff and Kushner suggested the money could go into a special vehicle overseen by Washington, which raised more than a few eyebrows.
They floated the idea in Miami last week with officials from Ukraine, France, Germany, the UK, the EU and NATO in the room.
A person briefed on the meeting said they were, unsurprisingly, told it was "simply not going to happen."
Western allies froze about €260B of Russian state assets in 2022, most of it sitting in the EU.
Releasing a single euro would need all 27 EU members to agree, which is about as far-fetched as Moscow paying war reparations.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, says it will chase its “stolen” assets through the courts.
Europe has sat on that vault for 4 years, and somehow someone thought it would just slide the key across the table 😆
Source: FT / Writer: Julie
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The Spiritual Angle @SpiritsView ·
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@MarioNawfal The money belongs to Russia. Period.
What did the US think how reliable their financial system is if they can freeze you out of it at a whim?


































































