It’s not enough for Blinken, Biden, Starmer, Macron etc. to have provoked wars in at least 6 countries that have caused over 1.2 million deaths to date, they have to steal other countries’ property as well. Biden/Blinken have stolen Syrian oil (see earlier), and now they are thieving a sizeable amount of Russia’s money for their gangster friends in Ukraine.
from RT.com
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the Group of Seven (G7) [Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the European Union] is actively working on finalizing a multi-billion-dollar “loan package” for Ukraine from Russian sovereign assets frozen by the West.
Speaking at a press briefing following the G7 meeting in Italy, Blinken voiced the group’s commitment to ensuring that Kiev has sufficient funds and munitions to continue fighting “effectively” in 2025 or to engage in any potential negotiations with Moscow “from a position of strength.”
“In our support for Ukraine, we are finalizing getting out the door the $50 billion that has been secured on the basis of the Russian sovereign assets that are frozen,” Blinken stated.
The US and its allies froze an estimated $300 billion in assets belonging to the Russian central bank following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. In June, the G7 members pledged a $50 billion loan for Kiev, which will be repaid using Moscow’s money.
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The bulk of the frozen funds, around €197 billion ($206 billion), are being held at Euroclear. The Brussels-based clearinghouse has estimated that the impounded Russian assets generated €5.15 billion ($5.4 billion) in interest in the first three quarters of this fiscal year.