Statements by the Ukrainian side regarding the transfer of one-third of the Soviet Union’s property abroad to Ukraine are baseless from the point of view of international law. This was reported in a statement by the Russian Embassy in the UK. TASS.
“Such statements by the Ukrainian authorities have no basis in international law. Russia, being the only successor to the USSR, took responsibility for Soviet debts and fully repaid them – a significant amount of 110 billion dollars, even by 1994 standards, ”says.
The Russian embassy recalled that “all former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, have withdrawn from the Soviet Union without the burden of external debt.” The Russian diplomatic mission in London also emphasized that the Russian Federation has legally acquired the rights to all Soviet real estate abroad.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko requirements To return from the Russian Federation “at least” a third of the foreign property of the USSR, which turned out to be in Moscow due to the assumption of debts by the Soviet Union.