Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally (www.reuters.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 13:49
https://lemmy.world/post/14791565

Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing the Biden administration to confiscate Russian assets held in American banks and transfer them to Ukraine, something the Kremlin has said would be illegal and trigger retaliation.

In response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia’s central bank and finance ministry and blocked about $300 billion of sovereign Russian assets in the West, most of which are in European not American financial institutions.

The Group of Seven (G7) major democracies is also looking at what it may be able to do around the frozen Russian assets.

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TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 28 Apr 13:56 next collapse

Sucks to be them. If at this point you still do business in that shithole, you deserve to lose your ass.

owenfromcanada@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 14:10 next collapse

Yeah, this really seems like a win-win (assuming any reasonable Americans have had plenty of time to get themselves and their shit out of Russia).

voracitude@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 14:17 collapse

At this point in history, any American businesses with assets left in Russia have forfeited my sympathy for whatever happens to those assets. And my sympathy for “entities with enough money to have assets in foreign countries” is scant to begin with.

youngGoku@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 14:29 next collapse

Same… Sorry not sorry for your loss.

Coca cola

thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org on 28 Apr 15:25 collapse

It’s actually Pepsi that is going to lose the most

ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 14:05 collapse

I’m well beyond forfeited sympathy, I celebrate their impending loss.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Apr 20:21 collapse

“i’m in danger” - jill stein

Passerby6497@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 14:21 next collapse

Do it. It will still hurt Russia much more than it will hurt American businesses who are dumb enough to still be in Russia.

karashta@lemm.ee on 28 Apr 14:33 next collapse

Look at the zero fucks I give about whatever “private assets” will be stolen by Russia.

Maybe don’t sink your money into that place when they’re clearly our rival and enemy.

MehBlah@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 14:44 next collapse

Anyone from the US stupid enough to have assets in russia deserves to lose them. Its doubtful I would approve of what any of them are doing and this seems like a win win for the decency.

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io on 28 Apr 15:03 next collapse

k

NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth on 28 Apr 19:42 collapse

I’m sorry I can’t understand your accent

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io on 28 Apr 20:46 collapse

Understandable, I've had a mix of Mexican and Chinese foods today.

gregorum@lemm.ee on 28 Apr 15:10 next collapse

Go on then

Zehzin@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 16:10 next collapse

Oh no, not the rich fucks’s money!

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 16:41 next collapse

Thoughts and prayers

bradorsomething@ttrpg.network on 28 Apr 17:23 collapse

I would also like to offer my thinks and god thinks.

WindyRebel@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 16:57 next collapse

Go for it. These companies will just raise prices to combat losses. They do that anyway as well, so nothing changes.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 17:28 next collapse

Sorry, Steven Seagal.

nxdefiant@startrek.website on 29 Apr 19:03 collapse

The beard dye and tactical office chair market will never recover.

Coreidan@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 21:48 next collapse

LOLLLL

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 22:11 next collapse

I’m fine with this. Those idiots deserve to lose their assets at this point.

AnAnonymous@lemm.ee on 28 Apr 22:28 next collapse

Good.

Dkarma@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 00:14 next collapse

So McDonald and subway? Lol

whereisk@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 14:49 next collapse

They already seized those when the companies pulled out after Ukraine

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Apr 20:20 collapse

mcdonalds already sold in 2022

jkrtn@lemmy.ml on 29 Apr 17:11 next collapse

I mean, this is a win-win. Unfortunately the people who have purchased our politicians probably won’t see it that way.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Apr 20:19 collapse

i’m down for anything that hurts republicans; seems like win win to me.