Russia’s head of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, has threatened Germany with expropriation if Berlin uses frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine.
“Once this decision is made, we have the right to equal actions with regard to the property of Germany and other states,” Volodin wrote on Telegram on Thursday. The 58-year-old politician blamed Germany and France for the outbreak of war. The Minsk Agreement, which at least partially ended hostilities in eastern Ukraine in 2015, was only signed by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel and then-French President François Hollande to mislead Russia and the international community. The head of the Russian Duma claimed that the Europeans never intended to honor the agreement.
Work has stopped, but the property has not been sold
After many Western companies ceased to operate in Russia due to the outbreak of war, the Russian government banned Western foreigners from selling their property without a special permit. In Germany, the possibility of seizing Russian property for the reconstruction of Ukraine has long been discussed.
German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has openly advocated the expropriation of Russian oligarchs. However, it must be proven in court that the persons involved were involved in war crimes or illegal warfare, he said.
Source: Krone
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