KYIV, Nov 3 – Russian assets frozen in the West amounting to about EUR 300 billion should be used to compensate for the damage caused to Ukraine and Ukrainians, according to an appeal to world leaders and governments published in the Financial Times.

It is noted that the appeal, initiated by chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum Arseniy Yatseniuk, was signed by more than 30 well-known international figures, including former heads of government of European countries, famous American diplomats, members of the European Parliament, the chairman of the Munich Security Conference, the former president of the World Bank, representatives of Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and Yale universities, members of the Atlantic Council - a leading U.S. think tank.