Putin called the West's actions against the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation a robbery.

Statements by Western countries that they are determined to appropriate Russian gold and foreign exchange assets should be interpreted as an intention to commit robbery. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council in Belarus on June 26.

"I was just thinking — after all, I have a basic law degree. I said, "the theft of our gold and foreign exchange reserves." Theft is the secret theft of property. And this is open, this is robbery," the Russian leader noted.

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