US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt discussed “joint action to deprive Russia of revenue” on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank’s annual meetings in Marrakesh. His words are reported by the agency Reuters With reference to the press service of the US State Department.
“Yellen and Hunt discussed joint actions aimed at depriving the Russian Federation of revenue generated to finance the conflict in Ukraine,” the publication said.
The US State Department said the parties also emphasized the importance of collective support for Ukraine’s economic assistance needs.
United States in September will be published for the first time Ukraine seized the assets of Russian businessmen so that it could spend it on the rehabilitation of special operations veterans. This step was announced by Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Kiev. Ukrainians will receive $5.4 million. The same amount was confiscated from Konstantin Malofeev, the founder of the Tsargrad TV channel in the USA. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov evaluated this as “theft” and “the practice of taking someone else’s property”.
Previously the Kremlin was negative spoke About the US decision to transfer Russian assets to Ukraine.