Compensation for Damages Caused by Russia’s Military Aggression
The goal of the project is to develop proposals and concepts of legal and diplomatic mechanisms of reimbursement of the damages inflicted due to the Russian aggression
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a full-scale war in Ukraine. According to the Government’s estimates, the resulting damages may reach one trillion USD. The process of reimbursement of the damages will face many challenges, and the vision of the future mechanism for such reimbursement comes to the foreground in this context.
The goal of the project #Compensation4UA/Reimbursement of war damages to Ukraine. Development of the models of legal and institutional reimbursement mechanism is to develop proposals and concepts of legal and diplomatic mechanisms of reimbursement of the damages inflicted due to the Russian aggression. We strive to raise public awareness of different aspects of this process and promote public discussion of the problem and proposals for solving it.
The project is implemented within the grant provided by the International Renaissance Foundation.
June 19, 2026
Compensation for Ukraine: Results of the Fourth Year of Work on Establishing Compensation Mechanisms
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April 10, 2026
Madiba’s Legacy: South Africa, Ukraine, and Points of Connection
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March 10, 2026
Analytical Brief “National Mechanisms for Damage Compensation: Community Experience”
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February 5, 2026
The Experience of Ukrainian Communities in Responding to Russian Aggression
by Dmytriy PetryshynThe full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has placed local comm...
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January 28, 2026
“Reparations Loan”: What Exactly Has Ukraine Received and What Comes Next?
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January 12, 2026
Online discussion: “The ‘Reparations Loan’: What exactly has Ukraine received, and what comes next?”
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December 3, 2025
Ukraine peace plan must not include amnesty for Russian war crimes
The original text in English is published by The New Atlanticist
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November 13, 2025
Claims Commission for Ukraine: Analysis of the Draft Convention
by Ivan Horodyskyy On 22 October 2025, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe approved the D...
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October 29, 2025
Ukraine needs aid, not arm deals
The original text in English is published by Euromaidan Press.
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September 25, 2025
Reparations for Ukraine and the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia
By Ivan Horodyskyy and Dmytro SherengovskyThe new stage of negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia, which be...
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August 22, 2025
Онлайн-дискусія “Проміжні репарації постраждалим від сексуального насильства, пов'язаного з російською агресією: виклики створення механізму”
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July 23, 2025
Confiscation of Russian assets to enforce ECtHR decisions: a possible approach
by Markiyan Bem After the exclusion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe and the termination o...
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July 16, 2025
Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression and Reparations: Analysis of the Provisions of the Statute
by Ivan HorodyskyyThe signing of the agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe on the establishment ...
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July 3, 2025
Confiscation of Russian Assets for the Enforcement of ECHR Judgments: Analysis of the Open Society Justice Initiative Report
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June 6, 2025
Community experience and compensation practices for providing reparations to victims
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June 4, 2025
Compensation for damages from the Russian aggression: experience and compensation practices of communities
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May 21, 2025
Compensation for Ukraine: Results of the Third Year of Work on Creating Compensation Mechanisms
May 18 marked three years since the issuance of the Presidential Decree by Volodymyr Zelensky establishing the...
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April 24, 2025
Enforcement of Court Decisions on Claims Against Russia: Proposals for Solving the Problem
Ukrainian courts began considering cases concerning compensation for damages caused by the armed conflict almost im...
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April 9, 2025
Confiscated Russian Assets Should Be Transferred to a Compensation Mechanism: Here's Why
Compensation to Ukraine and Ukrainians for the losses caused by Russian aggression may become the largest reparatio...
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March 6, 2025
Prospect of peace talks sparks fresh debate over Russia’s frozen assets
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February 21, 2025
War reparations: the international legal concept of Borys Vitoshynskyi (1914-1991)
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February 14, 2025
Out of Russia at a Low: How the Kremlin Appropriates Foreign Assets
During the three years of full-scale aggression against Ukraine, thousands of sanctions have been imposed on Russia...
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December 20, 2024
The Dnistrianskyi Centre joined the Register’s Civil Society Coordination Platform
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December 19, 2024
Reparations to Ukraine and the Russian opposition
“No one in history signed the Versailles Treaty voluntarily,” concludes a tweet by Russian media personality Yulia ...
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November 27, 2024
Compensation Commission for Ukraine: What to Consider
On November 21 and 22, 2024, the USAID Justice for All Program, in partnership with the Council of Europe, the Regi...
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November 12, 2024
Reparations for wrongs: instructions of the Ukrainian People's Republic of Ukraine on recording war damages
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October 16, 2024
Erga Omnes, Sovereign Immunities and Confiscation of Russian Assets: Another Dimension of the Debate
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September 27, 2024
The Politics of Memory: How Chile Commemorates Victims of Terror
Author: Ivan HorodyskyyChile is one of the most distant countries from Ukraine. Nevertheless, it actively supports ...
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July 26, 2024
Register of Damage for Ukraine: First Conclusions and Challenges
In a fairly short time, Ukraine and its partners in the international arena managed to create and, most importantly...
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July 25, 2024
One step closer to reparations: what opportunities and challenges does the G7 decision on Russian assets create?
One of the key topics of support for Ukraine in 2024 was the confiscation of the frozen reserves of the Central Ban...
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July 23, 2024
EU Policy on Confiscation of Russian Assets: Decisions and Challenges
After two years of discussions and a series of compromises, the European Union has made an official decision on the...
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July 17, 2024
A victim-centred approach to the work of the Register of Damages for Ukraine
The creation of a compensation mechanism for Ukraine is of great importance for international law from several pers...
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July 16, 2024
JD Vance and Russian Asset Seizures: An Analysis of Vice Presidential Candidate Donald Trump's Position
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June 21, 2024
Assessing the damage caused by Russian aggression: what businesses should do
As a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Ukrainian businesses are suffering l...
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June 19, 2024
Lawyers discussed legal challenges and decisions in the process of compensating Ukraine for damages from aggression
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June 6, 2024
Improving the Confiscation Mechanism of Ukraine: Analysis of Draft Law No. 11195
On April 22, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada registered the Draft Law “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Mec...
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May 31, 2024
Compensation for Ukraine: results of the second year of work on creating compensation mechanisms
The results of the first year of work to compensate Ukraine for damages caused by Russian aggression are available&...
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May 24, 2024
Use of the Frozen Reserves of the Central Bank of Russia for the Benefit of Ukraine: Analysis of the Decision of the Council of the European Union
On May 21, 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted EU Regulation No. 2024/1469: a decision approving t...
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April 11, 2024
Compensation of war damages to the victims: Colombian experience and lessons for Ukraine
Compensation for damages caused by war is not a new issue in international practice. After 1945, it was raised regu...
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April 3, 2024
New approach of HACC to the confiscation of assets structured in foreign companies
Author: Markiyan Bem Recently, on January 23, 2024, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) issued a judgment in...
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March 28, 2024
Launch of the Register of Damage for Ukraine: analysis of procedural documents
Author: Markiyan BemOn March 27, Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Executive Director of the Register of Damages Caused by th...
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February 27, 2024
Countermeasures as an instrument for seizing Russian assets: analysis of the proposal of a group of international lawyers
Author: Ivan HorodyskyyOn Wednesday, February 21, a group of international lawyers, including Philippe Sands and Ha...
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February 20, 2024
The willingness to confiscate frozen Russian assets can prevent other potential conflicts, - Ivan Horodyskyy
On February 20, 2024, the Belgian House of Representatives' Committee on International Relations held a hearing on ...
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February 16, 2024
ECHR judgments and confiscation of Russian assets: is it worth counting on their implementation?
Authors: Markiyan Bem, Ivan HorodyskyyAmong the proposals that can be heard from experts regarding possible mechani...
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February 5, 2024
Confiscation of Sanctioned Persons in Offshore Companies: HACC Practice
Author: Markiyan BemIt's no secret that most large business assets are owned by companies with complex corporate st...
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January 16, 2024
Reparation Bonds for Ukraine: How They Could Work Out
In recent weeks, the issue of confiscation of Russian frozen assets has been discussed globally. Yesterday, Re...
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October 16, 2023
Confiscation of Russian assets: practice of Ukraine and its allies (January - September 2023)
The report examines the activity and effectiveness of the confiscation mechanism of Russian assets in Ukraine, whic...
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August 17, 2023
Double guarantee: how the REPO bill can ensure the confiscation of Russian assets in the US
On June 15, 2023, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and ...
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July 28, 2023
Fair Reparation: Compensation Payments to Japanese-American Internees
By Khrystyna DumychFor a long time, compensation for damages inflicted by the war was considered only as an obligat...
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July 21, 2023
Fair Reparation: Compensation for the Residents of Guam
By Khrystyna DumychCompensation for damages inflicted by the war is often perceived as the sole responsibility of t...
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July 14, 2023
Fair Compensation: the Experience of Compensating Korean Comfort Women
By Khrystyna DumychCompensation for war damage is an essential process of conflict resolution. However, the compens...
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July 7, 2023
The Government of Canada Moves to Seize Russian-Registered Aircraft Grounded at the Toronto Pearson International Airport
By André Durocher, FaskenAn Antonov 124 aircraft owned by the Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been grounded at the Toronto...
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June 16, 2023
REPO: analysis of the US bill on confiscation of Russian sovereign assets
Author: Ivan HorodyskyyOn June 15, the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) for Ukrainians Ac...
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May 22, 2023
Compensation for Ukraine: Results of the First Year of Work on the Creation of Compensation Mechanisms
© Dnistrianskyi Center The process of compensation for damage caused to Ukraine by Russian aggression may beco...
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May 17, 2023
The Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine: General Analysis of the Decision
Author - Ivan Horodyskyy During the Summit of the Council of Europe held in Reykjavik on May 16-17, 2023, the ...
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May 16, 2023
Proving the connection between seized assets and a sanctioned person: HACC practice
Author - Markiyan Bem According to the Law of Ukraine On Sanctions, assets to be forfeited to the state includ...
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May 12, 2023
Compensation for destroyed housing: analysis of the Law of Ukraine of February 23, 2023
Author - Ivan HorodyskyyOn May 22, 2023, the Law of Ukraine "On compensation for certain categories of immovab...
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May 9, 2023
The decision in the case "Halkbank v. United States" and its impact on Ukraine: comment by Glen Kelly, a lawyer from the United States
On April 19, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in the case "Halkbank v. United States" (Turkiye Halk Bankasi A...
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May 5, 2023
Confiscation of Russian Assets and Protection of the Rights of Third Parties: the Practice of the HACC and the ECHR
Author - Markiyan Bem During the process of blocking and withdrawal of sanctioned Russian assets, a number of ...
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April 28, 2023
Legal Problems of Blocking Russian Assets in Ukraine
Author - Markiyan Bem After the start of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, the Ukrainian state took ...
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April 21, 2023
Decision in the case "Halkbank V. United States": the importance for Ukraine
Author - Ivan Horodyskyy On April 19, the US Supreme Court adopted a decision in the case "Turkiye Halk B...
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April 14, 2023
Creation of the International Registry of Damages for Ukraine: experience of the operation of the Registry of Damages for Palestine (UNROD)
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April 7, 2023
Activities of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Claims Commission: conclusions for the process of compensation to Ukraine
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March 31, 2023
Experience of the UN Compensation Commission and conclusions for compensation to Ukraine
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March 24, 2023
Problems of compensation for damages caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation against Georgia in 2008
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March 1, 2023
"Reparations for Ukraine: models, prospects, challenges", - analytical report
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February 10, 2023
Why the Military Should Be Empowered to Document War Crimes and the Damage They Cause
One of the important aspects of the judicial consideration of criminal proceedings related to war crimes is the doc...
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January 27, 2023
Why the PACE Resolution Is Particularly Important for the Damage Compensation to Ukraine
Author: Ivan Horodyskyy On January 26, 2023, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopte...
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January 26, 2023
How the Resolution of the European Parliament on the Establishment of a Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression will Affect the Process of Compensation to Ukraine
Written by: Ivan HorodyskyiOn January 19, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the Resolution “On the establi...
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December 28, 2022
What prevents the US from confiscating Russian sovereign assets
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December 27, 2022
How can a business receive compensation for losses from the aggression of the Russian Federation
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December 23, 2022
What the US legislation on the confiscation of Russian assets provides
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November 22, 2022
Creation of the International Register of Damage: why this is important
On November 14, 2022 the General Assembly of the UN approved its Resolution “Furtherance of remedy and reparation f...
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November 17, 2022
War Reparations For Ukraine: How To Ensure Them
Ivan Horodyskyy, Ph.D.Director of the Dnistrianskyi CenterThe process of paying reparations of the damages inflicte...
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November 15, 2022
What does the Resolution of the UN General Assembly on Furtherance of Remedy and Reparation for Aggression against Ukraine mean for Ukraine
On November 14 the UN General Assembly passed the Resolution on the Furtherance of Remedy and Reparation for Aggres...
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October 24, 2022
Tax aspect of confiscation of Russian private assets
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September 16, 2022
Why should the future international claims commission for Ukraine have judicial functions?
Authors:Ivan Horodyskyy, Ph.D., Director of the Dnistrianskyi CenterMarkiyan Bem, Partner of “Nazar Kulch...
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September 6, 2022
American legal approaches to ensuring that Russia pays reparations to Ukraine: feasibility and reality
Prof. Charles Szymanski1. IntroductionThe Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022 did not go according to pla...
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August 23, 2022
Criminal proceedings as a tool of the international campaign against Russian aggression
Author: Andriy SliusarBesides collecting the evidence of Russian war crimes and reparations of the losses caused by...
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August 11, 2022
Can the Central Bank of the Russian Federation be responsible for the actions of the Russian army
Author: Markiyan BemThere is no doubt that Ukraine should be serious about the investigation and documentation of t...
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July 27, 2022
Discussion "Business losses due to aggression: effective ways to compensate them"
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July 14, 2022
Criminal proceedings as an instrument of war damage reparations
Markiyan BemThe problems related to reparations of the damages caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine hav...
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June 27, 2022
Russia's Aggression against Ukraine: How to ensure the effective pursuit of reparation claims from Russia
Jan BarczProfessor of International Law and the Law of EU,Kozminski University (Warsaw),Member of the Team Europe (...
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June 10, 2022
Ivan Horodyskyi: "The process of compensation for military losses to Ukraine will be the largest since World War II"
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May 24, 2022
Risks to human rights associated with new types of sanctions
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May 11, 2022
Can war criminals be made to pay reparations to victims
Author: Ivan Horodyskyi The issue related to the responsibility of those guilty of international crimes in Ukr...
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April 7, 2022
How to prepare for the protection of your rights in the ECHR if you have suffered from the war
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