"Officials from EU member states and the European Commission met on Wednesday to explore options for writing off interest generated by Russian assets held in the Euroclear (depository)," the Financial Times reported.
According to officials, this can be done with Russian assets frozen in Clearstream.
The publication, citing data from the Belgian government, clarifies that EU sanctions led to the freezing of €196.6 billion of Russian assets in Euroclear, of which €180 billion belong to the Central Bank.
Earlier, Die Welt wrote that European officials came to the conclusion that the frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia would have to be returned after the end of the conflict in Ukraine.
In March, Bloomberg reported that the European Union still could not find and freeze most of Russia's assets.