Russia on Saturday said the EU’s decision to indefinitely freeze Russian sovereign assets is a targeted attack on peace efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, adding that Moscow would shortly take retaliatory steps.
On Friday, the European Union Council decided to “prohibit, on a temporary basis, any transfers of Central Bank of Russia assets immobilised in the EU back to Russia.”
In a statement, it said the decision was taken as a “matter of urgency to limit damage to the Union’s economy.”
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a press statement said that the timing of the EU decision shows that Brussels is seeking to undermine efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict, by delivering a direct blow to the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump.
Brussels is carefully concealing the fact that it will be citizens of EU countries who will ultimately pay for these political ambitions. Our retaliatory actions will follow shortly, Zakharova said.
Responding to var​Russia on Saturday said the EU’s decision to indefinitely freeze Russian sovereign assets is a targeted attack on peace efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, adding that Moscow would shortly take retaliatory steps.
On Friday, the European Union Council decided to “prohibit, on a temporary basis, any transfers of Central Bank of Russia assets immobilised in the EU back to Russia.”
In a statement, it said the decision was taken as a “matter of urgency to limit damage to the Union’s economy.”
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a press statement said that the timing of the EU decision shows that Brussels is seeking to undermine efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict, by delivering a direct blow to the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump.
Brussels is carefully concealing the fact that it will be citizens of EU countries who will ultimately pay for these political ambitions. Our retaliatory actions will follow shortly, Zakharova said.
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