The High Court of London. File photoMOSCOW, Jul 10Ukraine is considering legal action in the UK to seek «confiscation» of 18 properties allegedly owned by Russia.
"Ukraine is also considering legal action about taking possession of 18 properties, the value of which may reach 100 million pounds sterling", — according to the Times newspaper, which refers to its own investigation.
Ukrainian Ambassador to London Vadym Prystaiko is already hiring a lawyer.Press -Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov previously stated that the confiscation of property, arrests of aircraft, property, sanctions against Russian businessmen demonstrate the collapse of the sanctity of private property in the West and the danger of doing business there. As Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier, Russia became the successor of the USSR and took obligations to pay the debts of all the republics of the former Soviet Union in exchange for assets abroad, but not all newly formed countries handed them over to the Russian Federation. According to him, 16 billion dollars were paid for Ukraine alone.