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Kremlin threatens to respond to ‘theft’ of Russia assets

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July 23, 2024
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Kremlin threatens to respond to ‘theft’ of Russia assets
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Published: July 23, 2024 1:43 pm
Author: RT

The EU has announced plans to send the first tranche of interest earned on frozen Russian funds to Kiev in August

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned that Russia would inevitably retaliate against the West for its move to expropriate Russia’s sovereign assets.

Moscow will launch legal proceedings against entities involved in the “theft” of some €260 billion ($282 billion) in Russian assets which remain frozen. Peskov made the pledge after the EU revealed that it will start sending the interest earned on this Russian money to Ukraine in the coming weeks.

The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday that the first tranche of interest earned on the frozen funds, totaling some €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion), will be sent to Kiev in the first week of August to fund arms purchases.

“Such acts of thievery cannot remain without a response,” Peskov said on Tuesday, commenting on Borrell’s announcement.

“This money is not only stolen, but also spent to buy weapons. It’s hard to imagine anything worse,” he argued, adding that tapping the funds would violate international law and property rights.

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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Woodstock, UK, July 18, 2024.
EU sets date of transfer of Russian money to Ukraine for arms purchases

The West froze nearly $300 billion in assets belonging to the Central Bank of Russia shortly after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Most of the immobilized funds are being held in the EU’s largest depositary and clearing house, Euroclear.

In May, Brussels approved a plan to use the interest earned on the frozen assets to support Ukraine’s recovery and military defense. Under the agreement, 90% of the proceeds are expected to go into an EU-run fund for Ukrainian military aid, with the other 10% to be allocated for supporting Kiev in other ways.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has also condemned the planned transfer of the funds and promised a “harsh” retaliation.

“We have repeatedly said that we will respond very harshly,” she said on Tuesday. “Naturally, we will act in the national interests, and they will feel it, and I think they know it.”

The Group of Seven nations, during their summit in Italy in June, also reached an agreement to use the interest earned on frozen Russian funds to finance a $50 billion loan to help Kiev buy arms and rebuild damaged infrastructure.

Moscow has denounced the Western measures, emphasizing that military assistance to Kiev only prolongs the conflict. Russian authorities had earlier highlighted that lawsuits over immobilized Russian funds are underway in many countries, with some cases achieving success.

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