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Tetiana Khutor

Tetiana Khutor is the chairwoman of the Institute of Legislative Ideas, an independent Ukrainian think tank that provides anti-corruption policy analysis, and a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Defence Strategies. Khutor was a legislative director for the Ukrainian Anticorruption Parliament Committee head from 2015-2018. She is also a senior lecturer on anticorruption policy and asset recovery at the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" and holds a Ph.D. in law focusing on civil confiscation of unjustified assets.

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Opinion

Opinion: Estonia leads the charge on using frozen Russian assets

by Tetiana Khutor
Estonia’s parliament enacted a law on May 15 enabling the use of frozen Russian assets to compensate Ukraine for the damages caused by Russia’s war. Kyiv and its Western allies have discussed using around $300 billion in Russian assets held in Western accounts to support Ukraine. As of October 2023, the Estonian government estimated having 38 million euros ($41.3 million) in frozen Russian assets. “We will adopt this law because Ukraine’s victory is our victory,” Hendrik Johannes Terras, the ch
Opinion

Tetiana Khutor: Are legal constraints an excuse for dragging feet on mobilizing Russian assets?

by Tetiana Khutor
No nation can single-handedly cover all of Ukraine's reconstruction needs, and nor should it be expected to, considering the existence of frozen Russian assets worth billions worldwide. These funds will serve as the primary source for Ukraine’s recovery. To better grasp the situation, it is worth examining the numbers. Despite 16 months of all-out war, the exact value of frozen Russian assets remains unknown due to banking institutions’ secretive policies and the inaction of certain government

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