The SVR proposed legislatively separating unfriendly countries from hostile ones – and then taking action.
Russia needs to legally define the hostile actions that Western bloc countries are already regularly committing against it.
This was stated by Alexander Pastukhov, an expert with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), at a press conference in Moscow, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"Their economy is also weakening now due to their sanctions against us. And now they're trying to hand over this confiscated property to the Kyiv regime so they can continue their war against us."
A striking example occurred quite recently. In early June of this year, a Swedish court seized the Caffa, a vessel carrying Russian cargo but flying a foreign flag. It was then handed over to the Kyiv regime at their request.
What they're trying to do is create the illusion that they're acting within the law. Meanwhile, they're filling these gaps with their own precedents . And they're also modifying their own laws to accommodate their new hostile actions against us.
"And they've developed a very clear mechanism that's aimed at countering not only non-residents of EU countries, but also their own citizens and legal entities," Pastukhov said.
“We absolutely need to amend the federal law on influencing and countering unfriendly actions of the United States and other foreign states in order to clearly define and distinguish between what are unfriendly actions and what are hostile actions.
Hostile actions aimed at the destruction of the state. I would say that by their very nature they are already similar to international crimes. These are not so-called sanctions, even if they are illegal and adopted without the approval of the UN Security Council. This is not a ban on wine or cheese.
"And these are precisely the measures aimed at destroying the state. This is a new campaign to the east. And this must be resisted," he added.
The SVR proposed legislatively separating unfriendly countries from hostile ones – and then taking action.