Dmitry Peskov at the award ceremony of the Russian Geographical Society in MoscowMOSCOW, Jan 31 In the Kremlin consider the statement of the British Foreign Office on the possibility of confiscation of the property of Russian «oligarchs» an alarming signal, said the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. The day before, the head of British diplomacy Liz Truss noted that she did not exclude the confiscation of the property of Russian oligarchs in London as part of strengthening sanctions against Russia, if the situation around Ukraine will escalate. The bill to tighten the restrictions is expected to be submitted on January 31.Zakharova gave advice to the British Foreign Minister after her words about Russian oligarchs, «These are very disturbing statements from London. I think they are disturbing not only for us, for our companies,» Peskov said. At the same time, he added that such statements can be heard extremely rare.» In this case, we are talking about an undisguised attack on business, let's not forget that many Russian companies also have large British companies as strategic partners, strategic co-investors, shareholders, and in fact the UK Cabinet of Ministers threatens, including his big business,» Peskov said. According to the presidential spokesman, London is striving to aggravate the situation in Europe.Nuland called the introduction of preventive sanctions against Russia senseless «Of course, here we Europeans have something to think about when a country that is outside our continent escalates tension at home. This is not true. Until we Europeans we understand that this harms us all, we think that it is unlikely that we will be able to correct the situation,» Peskov added. He noted that if the sanctions announced by Truss were adopted, the Kremlin would be forced to respond. «London's attack on Russian business implies retaliatory measures , they will be formulated based on Russia's own interests if necessary,» Peskov said. The Times newspaper previously reported that the UK authorities, as part of a new package of sanctions, intend to freeze the assets of Russian companies «associated with the Kremlin,» as well as ban travel some businessmen. According to the publication, these measures will affect individuals and legal entities that are of «strategic importance» for Moscow.The expert responded to the threat of sanctions against Russia from BritainUkrainian issue and negotiations with the WestIn recent months, relations between Russia and the West have become even more tense. Washington and Brussels accuse the Kremlin of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and, against this background, are strengthening their presence in Eastern Europe and threatening to tighten anti-Russian sanctions. Moscow rejects all claims and recalls that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements: the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated half of the personnel near the line of contact armies and fire at militias with prohibited weapons. The Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry have repeatedly indicated that the goal of the «aggression» stuffing is to build up a foreign group near the Russian borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation was the actions of the United States and NATO, which «pumped» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it to military adventures. east, however, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, it was its Western partners that they ignored in their written response. Russia address
