Vladimir Putin said plans by western countries to provide Ukraine with loans using interest from Russian assets frozen abroad was theft and would not go unpunished. The Russian president, 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 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'

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2024 13:06 UTC