Putin calls freezing of Russian assets 'theft' which 'will not go unpunished'

Vladimir Putin said on Friday that plans by western countries to provide Ukraine with loans using interest from Russian assets frozen abroad was theft and would not go unpunished.

Putin, speaking at a meeting with foreign ministry officials, said the way the west had treated Moscow showed that any country could fall victim to a similar western asset freeze. He said: 'It is becoming obvious to all countries ... that their assets and reserves are far from safe in both the legal and economic sense of the word. Anyone could be next in line for expropriation by the US and the west'

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[HerrFitztastic]

It's not theft.

It's a special dispossession operation.

[thelastdefenderofcamelot]

Because in Russia, it's only illegal if you get caught.

[georgedavidson]

funny how I'm starting to be able to hear desperation in foreign languages

[martynlewis]

I wasn’t listening, was he threatening nuclear war again?

[BootneckAlphaKilo]

He's been doing exactly the same to Gazprom, and every other industrial company in Russia, for 20 years.
The nerve of that 🤡

[dj_cakes]

Did you hear the man?...Its time for us to start shaking in our boots.

[michaelstapelberg]

and stealing land and trafficking kids isnt theft and evil!

[jean-AT]

vladimir's moto "If you can't help it just put out threats". Only works under the people he oppresses. I don't think he realises what a dire situation he is in.

[waynewhite]

Stealing people's land means Stealing which is also theft.

[rundown]

Aww poor Putler, this is nothing compared to what your army does to Ukrainian people

[jonnywilson]

It's not theft, it's Special Financial Operation.

[dinnerwaltz]

Russia can't do much.
Russia is different from China in that American companies have a lot of assets in China,
and China can freeze those assets and hit the American economy hard,
but American companies don't have many assets in Russia.

[KiingOfKombat]

all of a sudden he wants to talk about laws but when hes doing everything illegal which benefits him they dont apply. hypocrit if there ever was one

[pwelele]

Theft is theft, yes.
Attacking innocent people, destroying cities and cities from another country, what is it?

[jimweights]

Those assets belong to Ukraine as compensation

[BumberClarke]

So is stealing territory in Ukraine Moldova Georgia and his mercenaries all over Africa

[helainewilliams]

So stealing Ukraine CHILDREN!., is that ok then, let alone their LAND, what a hypocrite.

[gr]

Let him threaten. He punishes and he will further be punished.

[antonilachetta]

My neighbour has a small dog. Every time I open the door and step into the garden he comes running out and starts barking at me. Even though I take no notice of him he keeps barking non stop. Half an hour, an hour, it doesn’t make any difference, yap, yap, yap. A soon as I go back indoors he stops. Maybe in his tiny doggy mind he thinks he has frightened me or driven me away. I call him Putin because he reminds me so much of Putin.

[MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

Someone should ask Farage what he thinks about it 🤔