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Russia's Frozen Reserves with Martin Sandbu

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The Russian Central Bank Seizes and Frozen the Rupee to Fund Ukraine's Reconstruction

The EU has seized and frozen $300 billion from the Russian central bank. The money is meant to be used for Ukraine's reconstruction, but there are legal issues that prevent this being done. "It took us a very long time to get clear about what we did this for," says European Commission chief Jean-Claude Junker.

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