https://www.scmp.com/rss/518194/feed Rosa M. Lastra is chair in banking law at Queen Mary University of London. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Western governments are finding it increasingly difficult to muster the funding Ukraine needs to defend itself. The European Union struggled to reach a €50 billion (US$54 billion) aid deal in February. The United States remains deadlocked over its own US$60 billion funding package. Now, calls to use Russia’s own assets to fund the Ukrainian war effort are growing louder. At stake are some US$300 billion in central bank reserves, which Western governments – including the EU and the US – froze... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3257673/should-frozen-russian-assets-be-handed-over-ukraine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3257673/should-frozen-russian-assets-be-handed-over-ukraine?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:00:24 +0000