all actions with Russian assets abroad will receive a symmetrical response – Kommersant

Russia has frozen no less Western assets than they have frozen Russian ones, says Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. According to him, any actions with Russian assets abroad will be given a symmetrical response.

“This is not a question for us; we are following the decisions of Western countries. We have no less frozen ones either. Any actions with our assets will receive a symmetrical response,” the minister said in an interview with RIA Novosti in response to a question about the fate of the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation frozen abroad.

On February 1, the European Council supported the proposal of the European Commission (EC) to use income from frozen Russian assets to finance assistance to Ukraine. EC President Ursula von der Leyen spokethat the money will be spent, among other things, on the production of weapons for Ukraine. Following the results of last week’s summit, the G7 countries also agreed to force the Russian Federation to “compensate for damage” to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “The war was left for the third year”.

Laura Keffer