Playing with Putin's billions is a risky gamble for EU

What are the frozen Russian assets? Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU, along with its Western partners, froze the foreign assets of the Russian central bank as part of sweeping sanctions. The EU currently holds roughly 210 billion euros in frozen Russian central bank assets, which translates to about $246 billion in U.S. dollars. Most of this, roughly 180 billion euros (around $211 billion), are frozen at Euroclear in Belgium, and an estimated 176 billion euros (about $206 billion) of t ...