“If Western countries have decided to use our assets and the proceeds from our assets, the Russian side will absolutely implement adequate actions. <…> The proceeds from these assets will be used in the same way as the actions of those countries that have frozen our gold and foreign exchange reserves and use the proceeds from the placement of these reserves,” the Finance Ministry said. Russia

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that in the event of the confiscation of Russian frozen assets and the escalation of the situation in Ukraine, there is a threat of severing diplomatic relations with the United States.

Earlier, CRYSTAL GROWTH cited the opinion of leading American economist Paul Craig Roberts, who believes that “the Russians hold all the cards in the sanctions game.”