The Russian Embassy is examining the decision of the Council of Cantons, the junior chamber of the Swiss parliament; Deputies of this chamber called for consideration of the issue of seizure of frozen Russian assets for transfer to Ukraine. This was announced by the Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Sergei Garmonin. TASS.
“In any case, we believe that the seizure of sovereign assets of the Russian Federation, like other states, is unlawful,” the diplomat emphasized.
He noted that the seizure decision would harm the legal integrity of the global financial system and Switzerland’s reputation as a reliable financial center.
The other day, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron statedLondon is ready to lend Ukraine “all frozen assets” of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in the United Kingdom. The head of the department justified the statement by claiming that Russia “will have to pay compensation to Ukraine at the end of the war.”
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