Zelensky may call for more efforts to freeze the bank assets of Russian oligarchs.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Vera Bergkamp asked MPs this weekend whether there is any interest in a speech by Zelenski. The president of Ukraine has submitted a request for this via the Ukrainian ambassador in The Hague, with whom Bergkamp had a conversation last week.
Parked power
Zelensky has already addressed several parliaments via video link. The expectation is that this will soon also happen in the Netherlands.
He may be critical of the way in which the Netherlands deals with the parked assets of Russian oligarchs in our country.
stark contrast
At least 80 billion euros in Russian assets are parked in the Netherlands. Of this, 45 billion euros would belong to organizations and persons on the European sanctions list, according to research by the FD. The amounts are in stark contrast to the amount that has been frozen in the Netherlands under the sanctions against Russia, according to De Nederlandsche Bank: 200 million euros.
Zelensky previously called on the Swiss government to freeze the bank assets of Russian oligarchs. And last Thursday, Zelenski spoke harsh words in the German Bundestag. He blames the Germans that the largest EU country would block Ukraine’s membership in NATO and the EU. “You are separated from us by a wall,” Zelensky said, adding: “Dear Chancellor Scholz, please tear down that wall and support peace and Ukraine.”