Peskov said there were no discussions in the Kremlin about the confiscation of property of those who left

The topic of confiscation of the property of the departed Russians was not discussed in the Kremlin, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

“No, it hasn’t been discussed. And there is no (position),” Peskov answered the question whether this topic was discussed in the Kremlin and whether the authorities have any position on this matter.

Earlier today, State Duma Vice Speaker Anna Kuznetsova suggested to use the property of the departed Russians to provide for orphans. She stressed that the State Duma will not step back “from solving this problem until serious steps are taken and we do not understand that this task is beginning to be solved at the pace that should be solved.”

January 13 State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin urged seize property from citizens who have left Russia and speak negatively about the country, its inhabitants and the military. Volodin said that the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation should be supplemented with an article on the confiscation of property for extremism, the rehabilitation of Nazism and the discrediting of the Russian army.

In the Kremlin about it spokethat it is necessary to take all measures so that the Russians who left the country want to return. “But those who have not slipped onto the path of a truly hostile attitude towards our country are our citizens, for whom we need to fight,” Peskov said.