Russian central bank assets amount to €300 billion.
72% confidence
EconomyRussia
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The €300 billion is an estimate of the worldwide total (originally expressed in US dollars: $300–330 billion); the share held in the EU is about €210 billion, and the combined EU/G7/Australia figure cited by the European Parliamentary Research Service is around €260 billion.
The speaker uses the €300 billion figure to imply the EU can simply 'take and hand over' these assets; the assets are immobilised, not confiscated, and their outright confiscation remains legally contested.
Only windfall interest profits (not the principal) have so far been channelled to Ukraine, so the claim omits that the principal remains untouched.
The exact figure depends on exchange-rate movements and valuation changes of the securities and cash holdings, which is why official sources give a range rather than a precise number.
No primary official source (Council of the EU, European Commission, ECB or Eurostat) explicitly stating '€300 billion' was retrieved within the search budget; the figure is corroborated by secondary and think-tank sources.
Sources used are think-tank/research or news publications published in 2025, i.e. before the 2026-10-20 session date but not the most recent possible estimates.
Sources
AcademicFUNCAS – Frozen Russian Assets (research paper)"Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered sanctions that immobilized approximately €300 billion in Russian central bank assets worldwide."
SecondaryDeutsche Welle (DW)"Out of a total of around €300 billion in frozen assets, around €210 billion worth of assets are held under EU Member States' jurisdictions."
SecondaryCourthouse News Service"When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western nations froze about $300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets, $210 billion of it in Europe"