Lavrov: German officials are thieves
| The Russian Foreign Minister sharply criticized Berlin in response to the possible seizure of his country's assets in a German bank. |
According to the Fars News Agency International Group, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Washington is leading efforts in the Western world to find legal excuses for stealing Russian property from around the world and using it. One of them is to finance Ukraine.
The German authorities in the city of “Karlsruhe” a few days ago this week of their plans to seize nearly 800 million dollars from the assets of a Russian bank in Frankfurt. They unveiled it under the pretext of allegedly violating European Union sanctions. Lavrov responded to this action of the Germans in a harsh tone.
He said: “They are jobless thieves.” We figured that out a long time ago. They have been traitors in all political eras. In the sense that they have not adhered to their commitments and have tried to deceive others. They have changed their behavior now and have become thieves in the true sense of the word.”
The senior Russian diplomat noted that the Western countries have made every effort to “find a legal way to confiscate Russian assets.” and transfer it to Ukraine.
Lavrov continued: “Now, the Europeans still have some basic respect for their own laws, so they postpone making such decisions, but according to the information Our sources behind the scenes, the Americans are teaching them how to change these laws so that they can steal everything.” About 260 billion euros ($285 billion) of Russian central bank assets were frozen in G7 countries. Germany has frozen nearly 5.3 billion euros of Russian assets in the country’s financial institutions. New reports indicate that German authorities are now seeking to freeze the assets of one of Moscow’s financial institutions in the German branch of JPMorgan Bank. that this plan has not yet been implemented and preliminary studies are still ongoing.
The Russian Finance Minister warned on Thursday that if the European Union decides to take a step in this direction, Moscow will respond with countermeasures. It will respond.
From February 24, 2022 (5th March 1400), after recognizing the independence of the two republics of Luhansk and Donetsk from Ukraine, Russia sent troops to this region and announced the beginning of “special military operations in Ukraine”.
Russia’s goal of this action is to de-Nazify Ukraine, disarm this country, solve its security concerns and respond to the request for help from Luhansk and Donetsk has announced.
Following the start of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, Western countries, while condemning Moscow and intensifying economic pressures, are on the agenda to provide all-round political, financial, and arms support to Kiev. have placed The US government has provided several military aid packages to its ally Ukraine.
One of the main roots of tensions between Russia and Ukraine goes back to Ukraine’s desire to join NATO. Russia has strongly opposed any move towards Ukraine joining NATO, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that it would be a “red line” for Russia.
Ukraine is willing It has announced itself to join NATO since 2008. This action was strongly opposed by Russia. The Russian government emphasized that the expansion of the NATO area to the former Soviet territories threatens national security and its sphere of influence.
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