"We assess and would consider any attempts to seize Russian assets as a blatant violation of all known legal norms, an open encroachment on sovereign property," Maria Zakharova stressed.
"We assess and would consider any attempts to seize Russian assets as a blatant violation of all known legal norms, an open encroachment on sovereign property," she said. "If such [mooted] initiatives by the Estonians actually become a reality more or less, then we would deem it to be not a ‘seizure’ but a case of theft; of this Tallinn can rest assured: the response measures [by Moscow] will hit them where it hurts and will not be long in coming from our side," the diplomat promised.
"We assess and would consider any attempts to seize Russian assets as a blatant violation of all known legal norms, an open encroachment on sovereign property," she said. "If such [mooted] initiatives by the Estonians actually become a reality more or less, then we would deem it to be not a ‘seizure’ but a case of theft; of this Tallinn can rest assured: the response measures [by Moscow] will hit them where it hurts and will not be long in coming from our side," the diplomat promised.