How much does Russia have frozen in the USA and UK anyway?
- Reuters says $67 billion in U.S. dollar assets and $37 billion in British pound assets.
- Euronews says €67bn in U.S. (maybe they meant dollars).
- NBCNews says more than $6 billion of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets are sitting in U.S. banks.
- ForeignPolicy says estimates of between $40 billion and $60 billion or so in the U.S.
UK in 2023 said The United Kingdom alone has frozen more than £18 billion in Russian assets then later in the year said £22.7 billion worth of assets frozen in relation to the Russia regime have been reported frozen to OFSI since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Who the fuck knows what America's number is...If America genuinely goes through with it, UK will likely follow, as we usually do, Lol.
I know the vast majority is held in EU countries though and EU doesn't want to go through with it because "slippery slope" and "breaks international law" and instead EU is doing profits from the frozen assets (which may be in the billions anyway) but America and UK absolutely should just say "fuck it" and send all those frozen assets to Ukraine.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 20 April 2024
