The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation . File photoMOSCOW, July 13London's hypothetical decision to confiscate the assets of Russian legal entities and individuals would be suicidal, but the British leadership is already losing touch with reality, Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Department for Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «Of course, we are carefully recording statements on this topic from London. Unfortunately, such rhetoric has been heard from the lips of British officials since the first days of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. The head of the Foreign Office, Elizabeth Truss, was especially successful in it. We consider such statements, first of all, as part of a large-scale anti-Russian campaign launched by the British side, aimed at international isolation and economic strangulation of our country,» Birichevsky said.The Foreign Ministry called the conditions for extending the transit of gas through UkraineAccording to him, «London should be aware of the disastrous consequences of such a step for the UK's status as an international financial center.» «Given the significant damage that has already been caused to the British economy as a result of the imposition of ill-considered anti-Russian sanctions, a hypothetical decision about the confiscation of our assets would look like pure suicide. It remains to be hoped that in the end, the sense of self-preservation among the British elites will still prevail over Russophobic instincts. Unfortunately, as the events of recent days in London show, the current leadership of this country is increasingly losing touch with reality» , — the diplomat said. At the same time, he stressed that «the initiators of such decisions should not have any doubts that any actions with frozen Russian assets, and in this case we will talk about outright theft, will not remain without a tough response from our side «.Read the floor text of the interview with Dmitry Birichevsky >>
