Kremlin rejects UN resolution on compensation for Ukraine, dubbing it "robbery"

Russia strongly opposes the UN General Assembly’s resolution on reparations for Ukrainian  losses caused by Russian full-scale invasion.

This was stated by the press secretary of the president of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, writes European Pravda, citing Interfax.

"Naturally, the organisers of this process are trying to put the final touches on the theft of Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves, which have been completely and illegally blocked. This [resolution] is a formalisation of this robbery using the UN platform. This decision is not legally binding, and this is how we will treat it. I am categorically against this," Peskov said.

He noted that "Russia will do everything possible" to prevent the seizure of frozen Russian assets.

"Against the background of absolute disregard for all the basics and rules of private property, international law, etc. in the last six months, of course, such raider methods of seizure prevail. We will take all this into account when determining our future line [of action? -ed.]," Peskov said.

On 14 November, the UN General Assembly held a special session that adopted a resolution calling on Russia to compensate for the damage caused by its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

14 countries, following Russia’s lead, voted against the resolution, including China and Serbia.

Back in September, media reported that Ukraine had promoted a resolution in the UN General Assembly; the document was designed to shape the basis for creating an international compensation mechanism that could lead to the seizure of Russian state assets abroad worth up to US$300 billion.

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