MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russia’s retaliatory measures in response to the European Union’s blocking of Russian assets will follow shortly, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"Brussels is carefully concealing the fact that it will be citizens of EU countries who will ultimately pay for these political ambitions. Our retaliatory actions will follow shortly," the diplomat emphasized. "A detailed statement on this matter was published by the Bank of Russia on December 12. Specific steps are already being implemented. On the same day, Russia’s regulator announced that it had filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court against the Euroclear depository, seeking compensation for losses incurred by the Bank of Russia," she added.
"At the same time, the European Union itself will no longer be able to make up for the damage that such actions will inflict both on its own financial and economic system and on its reputation worldwide as what was once a reliable trade and investment partner. Such misdemeanors in international relations do not go without consequences," Zakharova added.
The diplomat also noted that the European Union’s policy toward Russia has long been devoid of any sound logic and resembles a theater of the absurd, while Brussels’ course of inflicting damage on Russia at any cost has already led to a dire economic situation within the EU itself.
