The US House of Representatives has passed a law allowing the transfer of frozen assets of Russian companies and citizens to Ukraine.
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote in his telegram channel.
This has set a dangerous precedent, which should boomerang to hit the USA itself.
This decision will not affect the economy of our country. Seized yachts, villas and other property of wealthy citizens did not work for its development anyway.
Russia’s gold and foreign currency reserves, worth about $300bn, have also been frozen. They will be returned, they are not going anywhere. These are funds of the state.
The Central Bank has banned foreign investors from withdrawing funds from our financial system as a retaliatory measure.
According to some estimates, we are talking about more than 500 billion dollars.
We have something to respond to.
Today, Russian entrepreneurs are buying up foreign companies operating in Russia, buying out the stakes of partners who want to leave our market. They act in a civilised way. In accordance with the norms of international law.
The same cannot be said for a number of unfriendly countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and even the US, which are simply stealing.
In this regard, the right thing to do in relation to businesses located in the Russian Federation, whose owners are from unfriendly countries where such decisions are taken, is to respond with mirror measures: to confiscate these assets.
The proceeds from their sale should be used for the development of our country.