Putin said that "stealing other people's assets" does not lead to good

"Theft of other people's assets" does not lead to anything good and only brings problems to those who do it, Putin said. Formerly in EU and USproposed to withdraw frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine

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Violating international norms and "stealing other people's assets" will only lead to problems for those who do it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said , speaking at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Forum. The president said this against the backdrop of proposals from the United States and a number of other Western countries to send frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.

“Violation of the rules, norms in the field of international finance, trade does not lead to anything good. And to put it in simple terms, it will only lead to problems for those who do it. Theft of other people's assets has never brought good to anyone, especially those who are engaged in this unseemly business," Putin said.

According to him, the matter is not only in RUSSIA or CHINA, but also in "many other countries." More and more of them "want and will pursue an independent policy, and no world gendarme" will be able to stop this "natural global process," the president said.

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Since the end of February, Western countries, in particular the United States, Great Britain and the European Union, have repeatedly tightened sanctions against Russia. Due to restrictive measures, almost half of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves, or about $300 billion, were frozen.

In addition, the property of Russian businessmen who fell under sanctions is being arrested abroad. And the European Union, as the HEAD of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said last week, is looking for ways to use these assets to rebuild Ukraine. Also , US President Joe Biden proposed to withdraw the arrested property of Russian businessmen in favor of Kiev .

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Against the background of the discussion of this issue in Ukraine, they suggested that the partner countries conclude an international agreement, according to which the confiscated funds will be sent to a specially created fund in favor of those who "suffered from the actions of the Russian army."

The Kremlin also warned that they would consider the seizure of Russian assets in favor of Ukraine "in fact, outright theft." Such a decision could provoke retaliatory measures from Russia, as well as alienate other countries and investors from the United States, the Federation Council said.

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