The Federation Council was outraged by the idea to transfer Russian assets in Britain to Ukraine

MOSCOW, Jul 4 UK action considering confiscation of frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine are robbery and theft, always inherent in the British Empire, said Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that the country's authorities are considering confiscating frozen Russian assets in the country in order to transfer them to Ukraine, the Guardian newspaper reports. “Robbery and theft have always been inherent in the British Empire. And now the UK is faithful to the old principles,” Dzhabarov wrote in his Telegram channel. Western countries have imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to the Russian leader, the United States and the European Union actually defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. In a number of countries, as part of the sanctions policy, decisions are also being made to freeze the assets and real estate of Russian businessmen. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba previously asked the G7 countries to adopt laws that would allow them to confiscate Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine. operation in UkraineIn London, they declared the inadmissibility of the «new Minsk agreement»