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That is a valid point. I wasn't thinking about the rebuilding post war bit. Doesn't the US have its own stash of Russian money. It can send to Ukraine for rebuilding?
Probably. The US did freeze some. I don't know whether the thing is being collectively-handled or on a per-country basis.
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It sounds like there is some level of collective-decision-making involving both, and that more of the funds are frozen by Europe than the US.
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This talks about both that and reconstruction costs:
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/how-frozen-russian-assets-could-pay-rebuilding-ukraine
So I'd guess that if anything, the number is higher now, if that represented damage at the one-year mark.
So at least two-thirds of it was frozen by European governments. If they take different routes, whatever the Europe does -- if it does one thing -- will probably be where the larger portion of the funds go.
I appreciate the further insight! Thank you.