The head of the North American Department in the Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Moscow's bilateral relations with Washington wil...
The head of the North American Department in the Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Moscow's bilateral relations with Washington will be completely destroyed if the US confiscates Russian assets.
According to the news of the foreign news agency "Reuters", Russia's relations with Western countries have deteriorated significantly since Moscow sent thousands of troops to .....?.... on February 24, declaring it a special military operation.
In response to Russia's move, the West imposed unprecedented economic, financial and diplomatic sanctions on Moscow, including freezing nearly half of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves worth 24 Before February, it was around 640 billion dollars.
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Key Western officials, including EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, have proposed seizing frozen assets in the future to fund Ukraine's reconstruction.
Alexander Darchev told the news agency 'Tass' during an interview that we warn the Americans of the disastrous consequences of such actions, which will permanently affect bilateral relations, which are not in the interest of both America and us. Is.
It was not immediately clear which assets he was referring to.
According to the Joe Biden administration, the United States and its European allies have also frozen $30 billion in assets of wealthy individuals with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. , plazas and valuable creative items included.
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In July, the attorney general said the U.S. Justice Department was asking Congress for broader powers to seize assets of Russian oligarchs in response to Moscow's actions in Ukraine.
Alexander Darchev added that Russia has warned the US that if Russia is declared a state sponsor of terrorism, the diplomatic relations between the two countries will be badly affected and then these relations may break.
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Speaking about the situation in Ukraine, Alexander Darchev said that American influence on Kyiv has increased to such an extent that the United States is becoming a direct party to the conflict.
Tass News Agency further reports that Alexander Darchev confirmed that in the prisoner exchange talks between Moscow and Russia regarding the detained Russian citizen Viktor Bout, American basketball star Brittany Griner and former soldier Paul Whelan detained in Russia. Negotiations are underway.
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