Russia could downgrade relations with the US if its assets are seized, the deputy foreign minister has warned.
Moscow could downgrade diplomatic relations with Washington if the US confiscates frozen Russian assets, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned on Thursday.
The US and its allies have frozen around $300 billion in Russian central bank assets as part of Ukraine-related sanctions, most of which are being held in the EU.
Washington has long advocated for confiscating the funds, so that the money would then be handed over to Kiev for its war effort against Russia. The latest push came on Saturday, after the US House of Representatives approved a bill authorizing the confiscation of Russian money.
In the meantime in Belarus:
The Security forces in Belarus have prevented a plot to launch combat drones from Lithuania and attack targets in and near the capital, Minsk, the head of the Committee for State Security (KGB) Ivan Tertel has revealed.
The operation took placeΒ βrecentlyβΒ and in cooperation withΒ βcolleagues from other security structures,βΒ the senior official said on Thursday, as he was delivering a speech to the All-Belarusian Peopleβs Assembly, a leading political body.
