U.S. administration lawyers are investigating the possibility of confiscating the frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation under sanctions and using them to help Ukraine.

APA-Economics reports quoting Russian media that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this on Thursday.


Asked by Congressman Tom Malinowski whether Russian state assets, including the Central Bank's frozen assets, would affect the use of confiscated assets by sanctioned individuals to help Ukraine, Anthony Blinken said, "We asked our lawyers to look into the matter.

In particular, what powers are needed not only to confiscate these assets, but also to use them in the way you propose in your bill, "he said.


Anthony Blinken also touched on a bill approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday night.

This allows the president to use some of the assets frozen under sanctions against the Russian Federation to provide humanitarian and military assistance to Kiev.

"The bill on the confiscation of assets for the restoration of Ukraine was adopted by the House of Representatives," the co-author of the document Tom Malinowski wrote on social media.


The New York Times reports that 417 congressmen supported the bill, while eight opposed it.