Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya. File photoUN, May 6. The seizure of Russian assets by the West is nothing but lawlessness and robbery, said Russia's envoy to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya at a meeting of the UN Security Council. traditions of the Wild West.If someone here is not in the know, I will inform you that in addition to countless sanctions and prohibitions, the seizure of private property from Russian citizens who have nothing to do with a special military operation, Western countries have frozen accounts belonging to Russia in the amount of 300 billion dollars,” Nebenzya said. According to him, “today the masks are simply dropped.” “What international law are you talking about? This is not even an order based on rules that you invented. This is not even colonialism. and robbery,» the diplomat concluded. After the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, many Western states announced large-scale sanctions against Moscow in the banking sector and in the field of high-tech products. Part of the gold and foreign exchange reserves was also frozen. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, but stressed that they were ready for such a development of events. around Ukraine a proxy war of the West against Russia
