The French government did not support the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation

Paris currently opposes the confiscation of Russian assets, but is exploring such a possibility in the future. This was announced on March 12 by the official representative of the Government of the country, Minister Delegate Sophie Prima.

"We don't support it yet," she said on Sud Radio.

According to Prima, this measure may have "systemic effects" for the French and European economy as a whole, given that European banks hold assets of many other non-European countries.

Sanctions phenomenon: Russia will enshrine in law the seizure of foreign assets

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on March 2 that there was no consensus among the participants of the summit on the Ukrainian conflict in London on the issue of the seizure of frozen Russian assets. According to him, most of the leaders of the countries expressed the opinion that this was a good idea, but some reacted to this proposal with caution, fearing "consequences for the euro or the banking system."

Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 3 that attempts to seize Russia's frozen assets for transfer to Ukraine would have serious legal consequences. He noted that there have been more and more such ideas in the West lately.