Attempts by Western countries to sell Russian financial assets blocked in the West are akin to theft. This was stated in an interview by Artem Studennikov, the first director of the European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. RIA News.
“We are being careful <…> We are observing the initiatives of representatives of the collective West,” the diplomat said.
According to Studennikov, Western countries are trying by any means to “adjust” the legal framework of the procedure for seizing Russia’s frozen funds.
“Such attempts constitute ordinary theft,” says a representative of the foreign policy department.
The publication notes that such efforts could lead to detrimental consequences for the international financial sector and investment sphere.
Before that, Studennikov said: Moscow understandsHe said it would take a long time for the assets blocked in the West to be returned.
Formerly Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs answered When asked about the possibility of the West using Russia’s “frozen” assets, he described it as theft.