The Politico newspaper writes about this with reference to relevant documents.

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) has received permission to retain income from Russian assets in 2022 and 2023,” the publication says.

According to the publication, we are talking about retaining €5 billion in the EU instead of sending it to the needs of Ukraine.

Earlier, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the EU's plans to use frozen Russian assets for military assistance to Ukraine, said that Moscow would use all judicial mechanisms in response.