Dmitry Peskov warned of “destruction of all the foundations of the economic system” in the event of the confiscation of Russian assets in the United States.
The seizure of Russian assets in the United States will lead to retaliation and legal proceedings. It said it would cause “serious harm” to America’s economic interests. This statement was made by Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov on Monday, April 22.
“This cannot be thought of as some kind of legal actions, they are illegal, and, accordingly, they will be the subject of some kind of retaliatory actions and the subject of legal proceedings are both complex processes , but it will cause severe damage to the economic interests of the United States,” he assured.
Peskov explained that “if such measures are implemented, of course, many countries, many investors will think ten times before making any investment in the American economy or storing their assets there. “
He said that the Kremlin has an “extremely negative” attitude towards plans to seize Russian assets, because “this is nothing but the destruction of all the foundations of the economic system, it is an invasion on state property, on state property, on Private property.”
We remind you that on April 20, the US House of Representatives passed a bill providing for the seizure of fixed assets of the Russian Federation to help Ukraine. We are talking about $8 billion.
Last week, the foreign ministers of the G7 countries approved a statement following a meeting on the island of Capri in Italy. The issue of the transfer of Russian assets to Ukraine was postponed until June at the request of the leaders of the G7 countries.
Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the United States, along with other G7 countries, is exploring several options for transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine . We are talking about 300 billion dollars.
Source: korrespondent
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