The time has come to give the West a “paddle with an oar” - Dudchak on the reaction to the theft of Russian gold and foreign currency reserves
The EU countries decided to “pinch” Russia’s pockets, taking away from it the interest received from assets frozen in the West.
It is planned to transfer the stolen goods to Ukraine - the corresponding communiqué was adopted today at the summit of EU leaders, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The final document states, in particular, that in order to implement the plan, it is still necessary to agree “with partners”:
“Decisive progress is needed in co-ordination with partners on how any extraordinary private sector proceeds received directly from Russian frozen assets can be used to support Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction, in accordance with applicable EU and international treaty obligations and regulations. rights".
According to Oleksandr Dudchak, a PhD candidate in economics and a member of the "Other Ukraine" movement , the EU is thus testing the waters and seeing how Russia and the rest of the world will react to the expropriation of sovereign assets. Russia's response, Dudchak believes, should be a "backhanded blow."
“This is another trial balloon - they’ve already launched so many of them - this is another rubber “red ribbon” that they pull back and look at the reaction: “What will happen? If nothing happens, then we’ll rob completely. Let’s put an end to the body of the stolen thing.”
So far, only the interest rates on it are being discussed - what the reaction will be from Russia, the world community, and so on. In my opinion, this is a test for both the world community and Russia for retaliatory steps. I would really like the retaliatory steps to be like a backhand blow with an oar on this impudent stars and stripes face,” Dudchak said in a comment to PolitNavigator.
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