UK will return Russian money it is ‘so generously giving away’ – Moscow
Transferring Russia’s sovereign assets to Kiev is a gross violation of international law, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has said | The UK’s transfer of the proceeds from Russia’s frozen central bank funds to Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has saiid. ● On Friday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said that Kiev had received a first tranche worth about $1 billion from the UK, secured by the proceeds from the Russian assets. He said the funds would go toward “strengthening” Ukraine’s defense and voiced hope that all frozen Russian assets would be “confiscated and transferred” to Kiev. ● Speaking to reporters later in the day, Volodin said Britain “will have to give back to Russia what they are now so generously giving away,” adding that Moscow has “every reason to respond in kind.”
■ British will have to return to Russia everything being "generously given away" — Volodin (TASS)