There is a high possibility that Moscow will not receive back the money it has stored in Europe, because the European Union (EU) has long spent Russia's frozen assets. This was stated by American political scientist Dmitry Drobnitsky in a commentary for “Newspaper.Ru».
“Most likely, Europeans have long spent this money on their own needs, and therefore, to repay this money, they need to refinance it somewhere or take it out of their current budget,” the expert said.
According to Drobnitsky, the European Union will not do one or the other. He noted that for Europeans, these funds have long become liabilities.
The US can stand to protect Russian assets in the EU
The political scientist emphasized that this is exactly the reason why Belgium was reluctant to provide Ukraine with a loan to compensate Russian assets. Because there are no assets, no one can guarantee that Kiev will return the money transferred.
Previously, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Belgium feared losing to Russia in court if its sovereign assets were confiscated. According to this politician, if the Belgian government resists EU pressure, the Europeans will have to admit a lack of funds to further support Ukraine and support US efforts to resolve the conflict.
