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EU holding €23bn of Russian bank reserves
By EUobserver
EU countries have frozen just €23bn of Russian Central Bank reserves, compared to some five times that by the US (and some €280bn in total by Western countries), EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders said Wednesday. The EU Commission the same day tabled new laws on seizing criminal assets — a measure which could be used to confiscate Russian money in future and use it to pay for Ukraine's reconstruction.