On Friday 26 July, the European Union made available to Ukraine the first instalment of €1.5 billion in windfall profits from frozen Russian assets.
“These extraordinary revenues generated by EU operators and held by central securities depositories (CSDs) from immobilised Russian sovereign assets were made available to the Commission by Euroclear in theform of a first tranche on 23 July”, according to a press release issued by the Commission.
The funds will be channelled through the...