Volodin announced the right to retaliate in the event of the seizure of Russian assets by the Federal Republic of Germany

Russia has the right to take retaliatory measures in the event that the Federal Republic of Germany seizes Russian assets for the restoration of Ukraine, wrote State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on his Telegram channel.

“Today, the German government has decided to shift the problems that their predecessors created onto our country. To this end, they plan to withdraw Russian assets to restore Ukraine. As soon as such a decision is made, we have the right to take similar actions in relation to the assets of Germany and other states,” Volodin wrote.

The speaker of the lower house recalled the situation with the recognition of Kosovo and pointed out that the United States and Western countries have no other choice but to agree with the right of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR), as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye areas for self-determination.

“There are no electoral decisions, the rules for everyone should be the same. The same applies to the seizure of funds and property. This will start a process when all states will begin to ignore international law, take whatever they see fit at their own discretion,” he added.

Bloomberg previously wrotethat Germany is ready to use frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine, provided legal issues are resolved and other allies do the same.

In December, the German government clarified that Germany had frozen the assets of Russian individuals and legal entities for 5.046 billion euros. At the same time, in total, Western countries blocked 300 billion euros of reserves of the Central Bank of Russia and 19 billion euros of private funds of Russian businessmen. In Russia, the possible confiscation of Russian assets was called “theft” and “contrary to international law.”