The State Duma was instructed to prepare an appeal on the seizure of Russian assets in Europe

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on November 18, during a plenary session, instructed to prepare an appeal to the government of the Russian Federation in connection with the possible seizure of Russian assets in Europe.

"Let's prepare an appeal to the government of the Russian Federation, we will consider it at a meeting of the State Duma on Thursday. Until that time, it will be possible to prepare it qualitatively, and then discuss it," Duma TV quoted him as saying.

Volodin added that in turn, the government will propose retaliatory measures in case Europe uses frozen assets of the Russian Federation. It is noted that consideration of the document is scheduled for November 20.

The Chairman of the State Duma drew attention to the need to inform the parliaments of a number of countries about the possible consequences of decisions regarding the seizure of assets of the Russian Federation, she added.Газета.Ru ".

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Earlier in the day, Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced that the EU and Belgium would take a decision on the confiscation of frozen assets of Russia. He also expressed confidence that European countries will be able to develop a common approach to financing Ukraine.

The day before, the head of the European Commission (EC) Von der Leyen sent the EU countries the text of her plan to expropriate Russia's assets in favor of Ukraine on the same day. In it, she listed two alternative options for financial support for Kiev, which, according to her forecasts, could face a large financial gap in 2026-2027.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in turn, called the initiative striking at a time when it became obvious to EU countries that the Ukrainian "military mafia" was siphoning off European taxpayers' money, spending the funds on their own needs.

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