[Owen]

Likely nonsense.

Items:

1) Euroclear is the bank holding the frozen Russian assets. They have repeatedly made a point of their vulnerability to Russian lawsuits already in place, but would worsen if the assets (or interest on them) are tapped. The response: if they file their lawsuit at The Hague, you will be in no danger. Rebuttal: We have branches in Hong Kong and Singapore. The lawsuits will be there.

2) The lines have been drawn Asia vs NATO/EU. The EU is in no position to confront China’s money with their own (though both entities have central banks that can create money).

3) One does wonder if any money in the Ukraine Victory Fund would still flow to Ukraine with a pro Russian government there.

[pierrem15]

LOL The US and Europeans would simply refuse to pay any claims. You also seem to forget there's no "takings" clause in any European constitutions and the parliaments can do what they want. The major impediment to seizing Russian assets is the banks in the US and Europe holding them, who are loathe to give up all that money from which they are earning interest and collecting juicy fees. That's the only reason the money hasn't yet been seized.

The Singapore government would put the kibosh on any lawsuits to avoid causing problems with the West. Even the Chinese would likely do so also, as trade with Europe is worth far more than anything with Russia, and China already basically dictating the terms of that trade to Moscow already.

[Wuli]

“Asia” is Nato/EU???

You are putting Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia ect., ect. aligned with China??