G7 aims to use frozen $300bn Russian assets to help Ukraine
Radio Moldova,
26 May 2024 7:40
The G7 will explore ways to use the future income from frozen Russian assets to boost funding for war-torn Ukraine, finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrial democracies said on Saturday, but offered no details of how to do so, AFP reports.
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