Brief: FEAR OF RETALIATION #MakeRussiaPay
“Retaliation argument”: Russia started expropriation of Western assets before the West seriously began seeking solutions to confiscation of Russian assets
“Retaliation argument”: Russia started expropriation of Western assets before the West seriously began seeking solutions to confiscation of Russian assets
Ukrainian Experience: Mechanisms, Examples, Solutions
#MakeRussiaPay
by Olena Halushka, Andrii Mikheiev, analysts from NGO Automaidan
The research was commissioned by “BARVA INVEST” for International Centre for Ukrainian Victory and ANTS – National Interests Advocacy Network.
According to the research, more than 5 million hectares of arable land in Ukraine remain unused due to the conflict with Russia. Overall, since February 24, Ukraine has lost 19.3% of its sown areas.
The documented damages of the first year of the full-scale Russian war as of March 2023 reached $411 billion. Russian destruction of the Kakhovka Dam alone has caused almost $14 billion in additional damages. By now, the largest burden of funding of Ukraine’s self-defense and recovery efforts has been falling on the shoulders of Ukrainians and Western partners. It is time to finally Make Russia pay.
The brief outlines the state of play with regard to freezing and confiscation of Russian assets in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and addresses the steps that could facilitate the compensation of damages caused by the aggressive war waged by the Russian Federation.
A survey conducted by the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV). The field stage was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the Center for Political Sociology in June.