Moscow Says EU's Tampering With Russian Assets Is 'theft' No Matter How It's Framed - Iran Front Page

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has repeatedly warned that outright confiscation of Russian funds would undermine trust in the EU financial system, trigger capital flight, and expose Belgium to legal risks.
38% : Any endeavours by the EU to tap into the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank would be illegal under international law, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.
38% : Zakharova argued that, apart from "funding the failed Ukrainian project," the EU was also seeking to use Russian funds to bolster its own economy, which had been damaged by sanctions targeting Moscow's trade with the West. Hungary and Slovakia have condemned the EU for invoking its rarely used emergency powers to circumvent potential vetoes from individual member states and make the asset freeze indefinite.

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