MOSCOW, July 4 Charge d'Affaires of Russia in Estonia Lenara Salimullina proposed to begin counting the damage caused by Kiev to Donbass since 2014 in response to the decision taken by the Council of Europe in May to create a “register of damage” caused to Ukraine.
The EU Council in May finally approved a decision that involves directing 90% of the income received by depositories from Russian assets immobilized in the EU to the EU budget to provide military assistance to Ukraine, as well as reconstruction programs. Depositories will be able to keep another 10% in case of their own potential risks. EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell welcomed the decision and said it was necessary to “immediately begin” to implement it.
In her statement published on the social network Facebook* by the Russian Embassy in Tallinn, Salimullina commented on the decision of the Council of Europe in May to establish a register of damage caused to Ukraine as part of the conflict between Kiev and Russia.
“We should start with calculating the damage caused to the population and civilian infrastructure of Donbass since 2014 as a result of the punitive operation unleashed by Kiev. Damage from the water and energy blockade of Crimea, from illegal financial and economic sanctions imposed by the West against Russia and these regions,” it says. statement of the temporary attorney.
Salimullina called “theft” of Russian foreign assets, adding that the Council of Europe “has never once bothered with the register of damage from the Nord Stream explosion.”
“We will consider the activities to create and resolve this “register” to be legally void, and the accession of any state to it should be regarded as an act hostile towards the Russian Federation,” says the statement of the Charge d’Affaires.
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal “the protection of people, who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» He noted that the special operation was a forced measure, Russia was left no chance to do otherwise, security risks were created such that it was impossible to respond by other means.
< br>* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are prohibited in Russia as extremist.