Learn more

Group of Seven (G7) allies who are wary of confiscating frozen Russian assets outright may support a U.S. proposal to use interest earnings from the funds to aid Ukraine instead, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters in an April 25 interview. Ukraine’s Western partners and other allies froze around $300 billion in Russian assets at the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. G7 finance ministers are currently discussing ways to convert the Russian funds into financial assistance for Ukraine. Yellen told Reuters that the frozen funds can be used to aid Kyiv without having to be co…

cuu