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    Yellen urging world leaders to 'unlock' frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine

    by Fatima Hussein Feb 27, 2024 1 minute
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is offering her strongest public support yet for the idea of liquidating roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets and using them for Ukraine's long-term reconstruction.

    “It is necessary and urgent for our, , where Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors are meeting this week.

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