In the coming weeks, Ukraine will receive $50 billion from frozen Russian assets held in the United States and the European Union, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on December 4.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wtf. Since when does "frozen" mean they can move it but not you?

Ive had my bank account frozen before, does that mean they could steal it? Frozen seems to suggest it can't be moved.

Edit: article doesn't say anything about how they're gonna pay back the $50 billion after the war. Is the idea to just wait for inflation?

[–] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They’re not going to pay it back.

The money is rightfully confiscated from them.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It says frozen, not confiscated. Frozen means it can't be confiscated. Because it's frozen.

[–] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 months ago

Yes it’s frozen so Russia can’t take it out. And now those frozen funds have been confiscated to give to Ukraine.

This isn’t rocket science.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I hate to be the one to shatter your innocence, but they're the government and can 100% take it if they want to, and they can push you down in the sandbox too.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

They're European, they don't understand concepts like free speech, asset forfeiture or flexible job titles.