Using Russia's sovereign assets - will von der Leyen's clever workaround actually work?

Using Russia's sovereign assets - will von der Leyen's clever workaround actually work?

Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech announced a clever plan on paying for Ukraine's reconstruction with seized Russian assets — it avoids the thorniest legal problem of expropriating sovereign assets, it mitigates some financial stability risks, and it delivers liquidity to Ukraine at greater scale. But will it work, asks Judith Arnal?