International law experts have said that seizing frozen Russian assets does not contradict international law.
This is reported by Bloomberg.
The letter from the group of international experts to the representatives of the G7 countries has the signatures of ten international law experts from Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, France, and Japan. Among them are Harold Hongju Koh, a professor and former dean of Yale Law School, and Philip Zelikow, an attorney and diplomat from the Hoover Institution.
Experts believe that given Russia's "blatant violation" of the legal order established after World War II, international law allows for "legitimate countermeasures" to persuade the offending country to "cease its unlawful conduct."
The letter suggests using Russian assets to compensate for damages that "resulted directly from Russia's illegal actions."
As a reminder, the President's Office previously stated that Ukraine would be pushed to Plan B if the West stops providing financial assistance to Kyiv.