President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August 2025. Photo: White House press service The Kremlin is awaiting decisions from Washington after negotiations that took place between representatives of the American delegation and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on December 2. “ We are waiting for the reaction of our American colleagues to the discussion we had on Tuesday ,” Ushakov told reporters on December 5, Russian news agencies reported.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (left). Photo: Prime Minister's social networks European Commission officials have prepared a formal proposal to confiscate €140 billion of frozen Russian state assets held in Belgium in financial depository accounts Euroclear. In addition, it is proposed to confiscate 25 billion euros held in other bank accounts across the EU.