EPC analytical center
The EPC Analytical Center is a Ukrainian think tank founded in Kyiv in 2008 by Denis Ivanov and Viktoria Chernyavska. It operates as a non-partisan platform focused on European integration and domestic reform in Ukraine. The center produces policy analyses, hosts public discussions and works with government, academia, and European partners.
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Proposal would shift frozen Russian assets from Euroclear and Clearstream to a new EU custodian
A proposal presented in Brussels by political commentator Hugo Dixon and co-authors would transfer frozen Russian Central Bank accounts from national depositaries — including Euroclear in Belgium and Clearstream in Luxembourg — onto the balance sheet of a special EU instrument acting as custodian. The mechanism, modelled on the post-Saddam transfer of Iraqi Central Bank accounts, is designed to shield depositaries and Belgium from Russian lawsuits while creating legal and financial groundwork for eventually using the assets in Ukraine's interests. Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has publicly backed revisiting the use of frozen Russian assets, citing an acute wartime budget deficit.