{"id":11035,"date":"2025-12-09T19:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:26:36","slug":"japan-denies-false-russian-assets-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/japan-denies-false-russian-assets-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan denies \u2018false\u2019 Russian assets claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tokyo says it did not refuse to use $30 billion in frozen Russian reserves to back a loan for Ukraine, contrary to Politico\u2019s reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Japanese Finance Ministry has denied a report that it rejected an EU plan to tap frozen Russian central bank assets to back a loan for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reportedly “ruled out”<\/em> the bloc’s proposal to use roughly $30 billion in Russian funds immobilized in Japan for a so-called “reparations loan”<\/em> to Kiev, according<\/a> to Politico.<\/p>\n

“It’s completely false,”<\/em> Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura told reporters on Tuesday, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

“Minister Katayama never made such a comment,”<\/em> Mimura reportedly said. “She told the meeting that Japan is preparing to make specific steps”<\/em> to support Ukraine, he added, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged EU members to choose between a major borrowing push or the long-discussed ‘reparations loan’ backed by frozen Russian funds, to finance Ukraine to a tune of €90 billion ($104 billion) over 2026-2027.<\/p>\n

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The bulk of Moscow’s immobilized reserves, around €185 billion, is held in Belgian clearing house Euroclear. Belgium has so far pushed back against EU pressure to use the assets to fund Ukraine, warning of legal risks.<\/p>\n

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EU risks \u2018deep split\u2019 over push to steal frozen Russian assets \u2013 Economist<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, given that Ukraine’s budget hole is projected to reach $48 billion next year, EU officials are reportedly pressing to tap the funds.<\/p>\n

Moscow has long condemned any attempt to use the assets as theft and warned of retaliation.<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has admitted that the money could allow Kiev’s Western sponsors to temporarily sustain Ukraine’s flagging battlefield efforts.<\/p>\n

“This money would, in principle, be enough for them to expend Ukrainians like bullets for a couple more years,”<\/em> he said on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tokyo says it did not refuse to use $30 billion in frozen Russian reserves to back a loan for Ukraine, contrary to Politico\u2019s reporting The Japanese Finance Ministry has denied a report that it rejected an EU plan to tap frozen Russian central bank assets to back a loan for…<\/p>\n

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