The Kremlin warned about the consequences of the transfer of Russian assets to Ukraine

Secretary of State Blinken previously announced the transfer to Kiev of part of the Russian assets blocked in the United States to support Ukrainian veterans. Russian authorities compared this practice to “robbery”

Russia considers all cases of blocking, arrest or retention of state or private property abroad as illegal acts, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters , Interfax reports. This is how he responded to a request to comment on US plans to transfer to Ukraine part of the Russian assets blocked under sanctions.

“They took it absolutely negatively,” he said.

Peskov called “nonsense” the assertions that there are legal grounds for “the continuation of this lawlessness”. In the future, the use of blocked Russian assets will lead to litigation, the Kremlin is sure. “Any claims that they managed to find legal grounds for the continuation of this lawlessness are legal nonsense. They will eventually lead to litigation one way or another. None of the cases of such illegal retention will be left without attention ... It will not just be left like that, ”he said.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Kiev, earlier said that part of the assets of Russian businessmen against whom Washington imposed sanctions would be used to support Ukrainian veterans. According to him, those who "contributed" to the outbreak of hostilities should be punished. The head of the State Department did not give details about how much money is involved and whose assets will be involved.

Peskov said that lawsuits over the blocked funds are already underway and some Russian entrepreneurs have already achieved success in different countries. “Including appealing against illegal investigative actions and illegal searches against them,” the Kremlin said.

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After the start of the Russian military operation, a number of large Russian businessmen and top managers fell under Western sanctions. The US and EU have already stated that they are considering the possibility of using their frozen assets to help Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin compared this practice to theft.

Washington has already confiscated the assets of the founder of the Tsargrad TV channel, Konstantin Malofeev, and the US Attorney General has allowed them to be transferred to Kyiv. The Russian Foreign Ministry called it “robbery for political reasons.”

EU countries have not reached an agreement on the seizure of frozen Russian assets. As indicated by the Dutch government, the main obstacles are legal issues and objections from Germany.

Many Russian entrepreneurs decided to challenge the EU sanctions, including Alisher Usmanov, Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, Gennady Timchenko, Dmitry Pumpyansky, Mikhail Gutsiriev, Andrey Melnichenko and others. At the moment, only one businessman has managed to achieve the lifting of Brussels’ restrictive measures - the former general director of the online retailer Ozon, Alexander Shulgin.