Kremlin slams EU over transfer of Russian profits to Ukraine
The bloc’s conduct is illegal, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stressed | The EU is committing “theft” by handing over profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. ● Some $300 billion in Moscow’s funds were blocked by the US and EU after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Around $240 billion of the sum is still being held at the Belgium-based clearing house Euroclear. ● On Wednesday, high-ranking Russian Foreign Ministry official Vladislav Maslennikov told RIA Novosti that Brussels has already transferred €8 billion ($9.1 billion) in income generated by the frozen Russian assets to the government in Kiev. ● When asked to comment on the development by journalists on Thursday, Peskov replied by saying that Moscow considers such actions as illegal.



