Limited access to frozen assets is a justified incentive for Russian participation in peace negotiations

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The Financial Times reported a US proposal to transfer some frozen Russian sovereign assets into a Washington-supervised vehicle to revive peace negotiations. European delegates reportedly rejected it. Reuters could not verify the proposal, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly insisted that the assets remain under European control.