Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia is ready to give Estonia a swift and extremely harsh response if Tallinn implements its threat to seize Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine. This was reported by TASS.
“We consider and consider any attempt to seize Russian assets as a clear violation of all known legal norms, a clear encroachment on sovereign property,” the Russian diplomat said.
According to Zakharova, such initiatives of the Estonian side, if implemented, will be considered theft
Zakharova also described as malicious plans for the Estonian parliament to adopt a law allowing the seizure of Russian property in the Baltic country.
“The idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe bill in question fits into the aggressive anti-Russian line of the Estonian government, to which the political structure of Estonia no longer disdains anything,” summarized the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. .
Before that, Estonia was known. intend It is the first country in the EU to legalize the seizure of sanctioned assets of the Russian Federation.
Formerly US Treasury extended Sanctions against Russia.
Source: Gazeta
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