U.S. efforts to transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine are fundamentally flawed. This was stated by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. RIA News.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday, February 27 in the name Solving the problem of using the frozen assets of the Russian Federation in exchange for 285 billion dollars.
Siluanov noted that such actions by the West will lead to an escalation of the conflict, but it is worth looking for ways to overcome the crisis.
“This is not the first time we have heard of this proposal. I believe it is fundamentally flawed because subjecting gold and foreign exchange reserves of national banks to political restrictions and freezing undermines the foundations and foundations of the financial system.” RT Words of the head of the Russian Ministry of Finance.
He expressed confidence that a way out of this situation could be found, and also remindedIt was stated that Russia also froze the financial assets of foreign investors.
Previously at the European Commission in the name The amount of Russian sovereign assets frozen in the European Union.