Ukraine e teen bochorer juddho Europe er upor ekta bhari bill rekhe geche: pray 122 billion dollar er direct assistance, tar sathe continent er army aar defence industry tey aro billion dollar lagaano hoyeche.
Tobuo, ei region ekhono EU tey thaka 229 billion dollar Russian central bank er taka chute raaji hoyni, ja Vladimir Putin er 2022 e Ukraine upor full-scale hamlar pore freeze kora hoyechilo.
Tobuo, pichhley shoptah e, French lawmaker ra ekta non-binding resolution pass koreche, jekhane oder government ke frozen Russian assets “Ukraine ke military support aar tar reconstruction er jonno financial aid dewar” jonno use korte bola hoyeche— specifically, shudhu interest er bodole assets nijey.
USA aar Canada dujonei agey thekei government der frozen Russian assets confiscate korar power dewar jonno legislation introduce koreche. Biden administration er shesh din gulo tey, oder European allies der immobilized Russian funds confiscate korar jonno raaji korate cheshta korechilo.
Ei front e kichu progress pichhley shoptah e hoyechilo, jokhon European Parliament Ukraine er “defence aar reconstruction” er jonno Russian frozen assets confiscate korar ekta resolution e raaji hoyechilo. Parliament er lawmaker ra ekhono resolution er text e vote dey ni.
EU agey thekei Ukraine ke multi-billion dollar loan support korar jonno frozen funds theke interest use korche. Kintu European government ra capital confiscate korar beaparey hichkichachho. March 15 e UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer er ekta statement e, eta ekta “complicated issue”.
[Image: Russian flag hangs from Russian investment Bank VTB Capital in London, above a memorial to World War I British war dead, on January 31, 2022, less than a month before Russia’s full-scale invasion. Richard Baker/In Pictures/Getty Images]
Nokod er pahar
Chinta duto: economic aar legal.
“Amra ei Russian assets chute raaji noi,” French government spokesperson Sophie Primas pichhley budhbar journalist der bolechilo, warning diye je eta korle ekta dangerous precedent hoye jete pare, Europe e foreign investment komiye dite pare, emon ki government funds use korar legal path gulo examine korche.
China er moto ekta desh, jara jane je tara jodi Taiwan attack kore, tahole oder European sanctions er shikar hote hobe, oder ei region e funds rakhte hichkichachho hote pare, emon ta bola hoyechilo.
Actually, Russia bochor dhori oder official funds USA theke ber kore nichhe, apparently Ukraine aar Georgia tey oder aggression er repercussions er bhoye.
Paris er Panthéon-Sorbonne university er economist Professor Olena Havrylchyk bolechen je ei dhoroner USA action er precedent ache. Ora World War II er pore German assets seize korechilo, emon ki Afghan aar Iraqi assets o seize korechilo, aar bolechilo je Moscow er Europe niye emon kono bhoy chilo na.
Recent bochor gulo tey, Europe er central bank ra chinta prokash koreche (diplomatic language e), je foreign funds seize korle “reserve currency hishebe euro er khoti hote pare,” Havrylchyk CNN ke bolechilo.
Kintu Ukraine ke support korte thakle Europe er taka kharcho hotei thakbe—aar Russia er funds theke interest eta compensate korte parbe na.
Havrylchyk bolechilo je eta ekta reality ja European taxpayer der ke on board thakte hobe, jodi Russia er taka purota seize kora na hoy.
Havrylchyk er biswas je nuclear weapon thaka Russia kono peace deal er part hishebe compensation dite raaji hobe na, tai Kyiv er compensation er asha West er hate thaka funds er upor depend korche.
“Duniya shudhu economist der diye chole na,” uni bolechilo. “International law shob theke beshi justice er jonno, shudhu property rights er jonno noy.”
Legal chinta
Legally, Russia er assets shudhu freeze korar bodole seize korar upor Europe er hichkichachho international law er main principle gulo theke ashe: ekta state er overseas assets seize kora theke immunity.
Tai Russia er assets er principal seize korar justification shob theke important hobe, Belgium er University of Louvain er public international law er professor Frédéric Dopagne CNN ke bolechilo.
[Image: A bucket loader is used to clear rubble from Antonovycha Street in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district after a Russian missile attack, in December 2024. Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images]
Ukraine ke Russia er damage er compensation aar aggression er biruddhe Ukraine er nijer defence capability strong kora Europe er use korte para shob theke strong legal argument, uni bolechilo.
Jokhon USA 2024 er bipartisan Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians Act pass korechilo, ora USA tey Russia er assets seize korar justify korechilo, eta bole je egulo Ukraine rebuild korte use kora hobe. Aar pichhley budhbar non-binding resolution niye discuss kora French lawmaker ra Russian assets Europe er nijer defence fund korte use korar provision gulo clear kore remove korar jonno ekta amendment e vote diyechilo.
Ukraine e frozen Russian funds er pray dui-titiyangsho EU tey thakay, stakes—aar potential benefits—USA government der theke European government der jonno onek beshi.
University of Louvain er Dopagne bolechilo je Europe er hichkichachho partially historical precedent er lack er jonno.
World War I aar II er pore, defeated Germany ke international treaty diye compensation dite force kora hoyechilo. Kintu Moscow er jonno 30 din er ceasefire o possible na thakay, Russia er sathe emon kono post-war accord ekta durer prospect, Dopagne bolechilo.
Tai, Ukraine niye western decision-maker der question holo: “Amra ki peace treaty howar agey compensation niye kono agreement korte parbo?” Dopagne bolechilo.
“Eta ekta novelty hobe,” uni add korechilo, emon ki eta rule out kora na geleo.
[Image: Ukrainian service members unpack Javelin anti-tank missiles, delivered by plane as part of the US military support package for Ukraine, 1 on February 10, 2022. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]
