Russia has accused the United States of “stealing” $1 billion of its frozen assets and transferring them to Ukraine, an action Moscow considers illegal and contrary to international standards. teleSUR
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00:00The Russian government has described the transfer of $1 billion by the United States to Ukraine
00:05from Russian assets frozen almost three years ago as a theft.
00:10The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warned that these illegal actions could trigger future
00:15legal proceedings by the Russian government.
00:18He also added that the freezing of the assets is illegal.
00:21Peskov made these statements shortly after Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Schmigal announced
00:26that his country had received the first $1 billion from frozen Russian assets.
00:31Let's remember that shortly after the beginning of the Russian special military operation
00:36in Ukraine, the United States and its European allies confiscated or froze approximately
00:41$300 billion in Russian financial assets.