Rubio: sanctions against Russia and frozen assets will be discussed at future talks

Issues related to European sanctions against Russia and frozen Russian assets will be discussed at the upcoming negotiations. This was announced on March 12 by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

He noted that in the framework of any discussions on the settlement of the conflict, Russia will raise the issue of European sanctions.

"Therefore, I think that the issue of European sanctions will be discussed, not to mention the fate of frozen assets and so on," Rubio said at a press conference at the airport in Ireland, which was broadcast on the Fox News YouTube channel.

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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.