Posted 2/13/2024, 8:11:50 AM
Russia Responds Harshly to Potential Seizure of Its Foreign Assets
- Russia warns the West it will retaliate if its frozen assets, worth $300 billion, are seized
- EU adopted law to set aside Russian central bank windfall profits to finance Ukraine reconstruction
- Russia calls it "theft" and appropriation of assets that don't belong to the West
- Russian spokeswoman says Moscow's response will be "extremely tough" against "thieves"
- Russia threatens to seize Western assets if its property is taken