The West wants to dig into Moscow's pockets to provide aid to Ukraine, but tapping frozen Russian assets is not that simple.
The complex issue is on the agenda at this week's meeting of finance ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies.
The United States initially supported seizing the frozen Russian assets outright, but it now backs the European proposal to just grab the interest that they generate.
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