In an article for the Wilson Center, Tetyana Khutor, Head of the ILI, analyses in detail how to make Russia financially responsible for the destruction caused to Ukraine during the war

 Western sanctions have frozen about $300 billion of Russian assets, but there is an ongoing debate about whether they should be used to compensate Ukraine for its losses.

 Various compromise alternatives have been proposed, but they do not provide Ukraine with the necessary funds to survive and rebuild.

 The ‘21st Century Peace through Strength Act’ passed in the US Congress is an example for other countries of how todeal with confiscated funds.

The exact amount of frozen Russian funds in the United States is due to be made public in the coming days. This is the first step that has been in the works for a long time. Such information is lacking in most countries, and this is an importantstep towards transparency and accountability. THE UNITED STATES.

Read the article by Tetyana Khutor specially for the Wilson Centre on the way forward.