MOSCOW, December 22. . The possibility of transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine would cause a collapse of the “banking structural logic” in the EU. This opinion was expressed in an interview with by the Chairman of the Federal Council Committee on International Affairs, Grigory Karasin.
“The idea (of confiscating the assets of the Russian Federation – note by ) is criminal, because everyone who is educated, everyone who works in the banking sector, has common sense, follows the law, everyone understands that this is just a robbery, this is theft in broad daylight. And if this happens, then the entire structural logic of banking in Europe will collapse. Everyone will understand that you can make arbitrary decisions, you can stealing funds, using them with impunity for some criminal need,” the senator believes.
According to Karasin, the attention to the frozen assets of the Russian Federation is due to the fact that the countries of the European Union and the United States do not want to spend their own money to support Ukraine. “The current regime is desperately seeking money, weapons and support from Europe and the United States. And indeed, that support has been provided to them. And it continues to be an important factor in carrying out all their evil work on this earth, but from everything one can feel that the money is running out. <...> No one wants to spend a lot of money on this anymore,” he said.
EU countries have long tried to develop legal mechanisms for the use of frozen Russian assets. Most of it – more than 200 billion euros – is blocked on the Euroclear site in Belgium. The depository has repeatedly protested the misappropriation of these funds, warning that this could lead to Russia confiscating European or Belgian assets elsewhere in the world through judicial proceedings.
