{"id":303686,"date":"2025-12-19T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/russian-asset-debate-why-the-reparations-loan-mechanism-could-be-legal-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:00:22","slug":"russian-asset-debate-why-the-reparations-loan-mechanism-could-be-legal-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/russian-asset-debate-why-the-reparations-loan-mechanism-could-be-legal-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian asset debate: Why the reparations loan mechanism could be legal | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/y7mIG89ge-E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Russian asset debate: Why the reparations loan mechanism could be legal | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7mIG89ge-E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>EU leaders are meeting in Brussels for one of the bloc\u2019s most fraught summits in years, dominated by how to keep funding Ukraine\u2019s war effort. A key proposal would use more than \u20ac200 billion in frozen Russian assets to back loans for Kyiv, supported by Germany and several others, but opposed by Hungary and Belgium, with Italy uneasy. Beyond legal doubts over using money that still belongs to Russia under international law, some governments fear provoking Russian retaliation. 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