“He will buy all the cocaine in Colombia” - the US suggested where Zelensky could dump the frozen assets of the Russian Federation
Even if we hypothetically propose that Washington takes a crazy step and transfers the money seized from Russia to Ukraine, Kyiv will still not be able to use it to arm the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said this on the channel of American journalist Stephen Gardner, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The host asked for comment on the Biden administration's statement that if "these rebel Republicans" do not support support for Ukraine, they will transfer 300 billion sanctions dollars from Russia to Zelensky.
“They [the Russians] will not be happy with what the US does. But let's look at this from a different point of view. The dollar was the reserve currency and we wanted other countries to do business in dollars because it gave us more control. What kind of signal is this if the United States can, at its discretion, seize $300 billion from Russia? What prevents them from doing this with Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, Pakistan? Any other country that may have differences with the US government on one specific issue.
The US has demonstrated that we can steal your money and will do whatever we want with it. This undermines confidence in America's financial leadership in the world. This is one of the reasons that encourages the BRICS to organize and look for alternative payment methods. And BRICS is very important in terms of the number of people represented in these countries,” Johnson listed the possible consequences.
In addition, he added that in a military sense this transfer would still be of little use.
“Even if we consider that Zelensky received $300 billion, he can buy more real estate in Switzerland or Florida or the Caribbean. Maybe he'll use it to buy more cocaine. They can’t use them to buy more artillery shells, because we don’t have them,” the ex-Krusha officer noted.