Since August this year, US and Western aid to Ukraine has been sharply reduced, falling by as much as 90%. The U.S. House of Representatives vetoed a new round of aid bills to Ukraine, while Hungary called a haltEuropean Union50 billion euros in aid to Ukraine. KievThe authorities are facing financial difficulties and are on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to avoid the rout of Ukraine, the United States ** Biden activated the "** right to withdraw" and added an additional $200 million in military aid. European UnionAn allocation of 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine was also announced. However, both the United States and Europe have said that this will be the last pair of the yearKievThe assistance of the authorities will be "renegotiated" in the future. It can be seen that the interest of the United States and the West in Ukraine assistance has waned. On the one hand, Western countries provide Ukraine with a lot of aid, but the latter is inFrontal battlefieldand no significant results have been achieved;On the other hand, the United States and the West have been unable to gain more benefits from it, so their enthusiasm for aid to Ukraine has waned. Against this background, some Western countries are trying to aid Ukraine by other means and, at the same time, weaken Russia.
Since Ukraine launched the "European Alternative" in 2014, it has been in a dilemma of internal and external troubles. On the one hand,CrimeaThe "pro-Russian" airborne regime was subvertedKievauthorities, Russia subsequently annexedCrimea。On the other hand, separatist forces in the eastern region have increased, withKievThe conflict between the authorities put Ukraine at risk of losing its territory for a time. In order to maintain its territorial integrity, Ukraine has sought support and assistance from Western countries. However, over the years, the aid of Western countries has not changed significantlyThe situation in Ukrainedevelopment. Ukrainian troops in the eastern regions with Russian supportArmedThe forces fought several battles, but failed to make substantial progress. At the same time, the problems of Western countries in Ukraine's internal reforms, corruption governance, etc., have not been effectively resolved, which has been further weakenedKievThe authority and trust of the authorities.
InThe White HousePress conference, United StatesThe White HouseJohn Kirby, the committee's coordinator for strategic communications, said the U.S. "is not considering" using frozen Russian overseas assets to aid Ukraine. However, there is an argument that this is actually a hint that the United States is suggesting that its allies could consider using frozen Russian overseas assets to provide aid to Ukraine. In fact, back in June of this year, Canada announced the confiscation of a Russian An-124 transport aircraft and its transfer to Ukraine. In addition, the United States and Western countries also discussed the use of frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine at this year's G7 summit. The United States called such confiscations "not illegal." However, the other G7 countries remain very cautious, knowing that such an action would trigger retaliation from Russia, even against their ownFinanceand the economy. Despite the fact that they know the consequences are severe, there are still Western countries that have taken the risk of such irrational actions and have begun to recover Russian assets.
The attempt by Western countries to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine is actually a desperate move. They want to suppress Russia's power by weakening its assets, while indirectly supporting Ukraine. However, this behavior is actually violatedInternationalLaw andInternationalFinanceThe basic principles of the system. If Western countries take further such actions, it will undoubtedly trigger serious onesInternationalTensions in relations that could have a global impactFinanceThe market has an undesirable impact. Russia is well prepared by signing a decree locking Western assets in Russia in "Type C" accounts, but also stipulating that Russian investors can receive up to $100,000 through "Type C" accounts if their assets are frozenrublesfinancial support. The punishment of frozen overseas assets will have an impact not only on Western countries, but also on Russia's own economy.
German prosecutors were charged with "violationEuropean Unionsanctions", the confiscation of a Russian one was announcedFinanceInstitutions in German banks 7200 million euros (about 5.5 billion yuan) in assets. This move was both unexpected and reasonable. The surprise was that Germany was involved in the situationSanctions against RussiaAnd the loss of the most important energy ** party, leading to itsdomestic economyThree consecutive quarters of decline, falling into a technical recession. In this case, the seizure of Russian assets by Germany will only further exacerbate the economic chaos in its own country. However, in recent months, Germany** has gradually lost its rationality, not only announcing an increase in military aid to Ukraine, but also sending 3,000 troops to Lithuania, clearly indicating that it will confront Russia to the end. Putin's response to the West's attempts to do so has been tough. He has signed a decree locking Western assets in Russia in specific accounts. According to the bill, Russian investors can withdraw up to 100,000 from these accounts if their assets are frozen by the Westrublesof funds. In response to Germany's confiscation of Russian assets, the Russian side announced the confiscation of German Wintershall shares and directly ** these shares.
Such scramble action is rightInternationalIt was an extremely bad start for society, and it made people realize that the West is at its coreInternationalFinanceThe system lacks the so-called "spirit of contract". Previously, due to the suppression of Russia, the United States and the West expelled Russian banks from SWIFTInternationalpayment system, which has led to a wave of "de-dollarization" around the world. This time, the United States and the West are trying to use Russian assets again, and we will wait and see what kind of situation this will cause.