German lawmaker Gunnar Beck said there was no justification in European law for confiscating Russian assets. newspaper reports “News”.
According to the parliamentarian, in particular, Article 11 of the Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights prevents the seizure of Russian assets.
Beck suggested that the EU would begin to confiscate public funds, including frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank, not Russian private assets.
The MP cited as an example Venezuela, where Britain holds some of its gold reserves, and which Western states are now trying to access. According to Beck, a similar scenario applies to Russia.
Previously at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation declarationAssets blocked abroad by Russian banks are extremely unlikely to be returned, although these assets have not yet been legally confiscated.