The State Duma reacted to the EU's desire to permanently freeze Russia's assets

The lifelong freezing of Russian assets by the European Union (EU) is unacceptable. Svetlana Zhurova, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, said this on Monday, December 8.

Earlier, on December 7, the Financial Times (FT) newspaper wrote that European officials had identified the legal possibility to permanently freeze Russian assets in the EU. 360.ru . According to the publication, the relevant clause is contained in the legislative framework of the union and allows making decisions without achieving the unanimity of all member countries, according to the website. kp.ru .

"In any case, we will go to court about this. It's a trivial theft, there's no other way to say it. Are they ready to take on such responsibility, will people vote for such a decision — just to steal other people's money?"— said the deputy in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

Law and disorder: EU discusses full confiscation of Russian assets

Will Brussels decide on such a radical step and how can Moscow respond to it?

In turn, Dmitry Bunevich, a political scientist and adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, said in an interview with RT that reports that the European Union could permanently block frozen Russian assets without reaching unanimity could be called legal casuistry designed to create the appearance of legality and dispense with the consensus of all EU members.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 27 that the confiscation of Russian assets located in the European Union would have negative consequences. In particular, the Russian government, on behalf of the head of state, is developing a package of retaliatory measures.

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