<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>Diacone Frost (npub1sc…mq7fu)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1sceswwu9vldf0tg3nlkajutp2j4zsv35ewma9r23x8d2qa73eaaqmmq7fu</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>The other side of this coin is that russia siezed ~$50b from western companies and individuals before eu freezed their assets (actually that was a rationalization for doing that) &#xA;&#xA;so, that&#39;s $250b left frozen.&#xA;&#xA;Letting that much money just sitting (devalue) makes no sense, so collateral seems like a good choice... &#xA;&#xA;The question is from whom did they borrow the money?&#xA;&#xA;And the obvious answer to, who is going to pay this loan, is us... because we have 10t eur &#34;just sitting around&#34; that they will confiscate in some way. </html></oembed>