Russia Threatens West With 'Severe' Response If Its Assets Are Touched
- Russian officials on April 28 threatened severe responses if frozen Russian assets are confiscated by the West, with promises of legal challenges and tit-for-tat actions.
- Moscow warned of consequences for Western actions, stating, "Russian assets must remain untouched because otherwise there will be a severe response to Western thievery."
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned the possibility of targeting Western money in Russia with Moscow's retaliatory measures.
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Russia threatens retaliation if its assets are confiscated
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Western countries against seizing its assets, in a statement Sunday. In a post on Telegram, Zakharova quoted reporting from the Wall Street Journal that said Germany was arguing in favor of leaving Russia’s frozen assets intact, so that they could be used later as leverage to encourage Russia…
This Sunday, Russian officials threatened the West with a “severe” response if frozen Russian assets are confiscated, promising “endless” legal and retaliatory measures. The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that Russia would never give up territory taken in Ukraine in exchange for the return of frozen assets. “Our homeland is not for sale,” he wrote on the messaging application Telegram. “Russian assets must …
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Russia threatens West with severe response if its assets are touched
Russian officials threatened the West on Sunday with a "severe" response in the event that frozen Russian assets are confiscated, promising "endless" legal challenges and tit-for-tat measures.
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