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Jun 17, 2022

The West has frozen Russian assets, but getting to them is another matter

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused billions in economic damage to Ukraine. Many Western leaders suggest that money from seized or frozen Russian assets should held rebuild the country, but as The Economist’s Matthieu Favas tells us, that’s much easier said than done. A wave of flight cancellations has burdened airlines once again. The BBC checks in regarding the World Trade Organization holding its first conference of ministers in five years.

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US national flag  waves on the building of the embassy of the United States of America (R) in Moscow on April 2, 2018. - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal could benefit the British government by distracting attention from problems around Brexit.
US national flag waves on the building of the embassy of the United States of America (R) in Moscow on April 2, 2018. - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal could benefit the British government by distracting attention from problems around Brexit.
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