About the author: Olena Havrylchyk is a Professor of Economics at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The proposal to use immobilized Russian assets to finance a "reparation loan" for Ukraine will again be discussed at the next European Council meeting on Dec. 18 and 19.
The purpose of this loan is to advance Russia’s future reparations in order to cover Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery needs, which are estimated at 506 billion euros (nearly $589 billion).
At the previous summit, B
Another example of how governments are more willing to place at risk or even danger the lives of their citizens and their soldiers … rather than affect the bottom line of a company or corporation.