Russia could agree to using $300 billion of sovereign assets frozen in Europe for reconstruction in Ukraine but will insist that part of the money is spent on the one-fifth of the country that Moscow's forces control,

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Russia could agree to transfer its assets frozen by Western countries for Ukraine's reconstruction. In total, Europe and the US have blocked around $300 billion in Russian assets, Reuters reports. The outlet reminds that after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,