In the coming weeks, Ukraine will receive $50 billion from frozen Russian assets held in the United States and the European Union, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on December 4.

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It says frozen, not confiscated. Frozen means it can’t be confiscated. Because it’s frozen.

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Yes it’s frozen so Russia can’t take it out. And now those frozen funds have been confiscated to give to Ukraine.

This isn’t rocket science.

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I hate to be the one to shatter your innocence, but they’re the government and can 100% take it if they want to, and they can push you down in the sandbox too.

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They’re European, they don’t understand concepts like free speech, asset forfeiture or flexible job titles.

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