The Russian Embassy announced the intensification of London's attempts to seize Russian assets.

The British authorities have stepped up attempts to confiscate frozen Russian assets, the embassy in London told Izvestia.

"In the official filing, as far as we understand, the fate of these funds is linked under false pretexts to the issue of financing the post-conflict "reconstruction" of Ukraine. However, recently, the discussion on this issue, including through the efforts of some British officials, has increasingly revolved around the option of banal withdrawal of these funds without waiting for a peaceful settlement, under the hypocritical pretext of caring about Ukraine, but in fact, as it is easy to guess, to partially cover the costs incurred by Westerners to fuel Kiev's embezzlement. the regime," Russian diplomats say.

The embassy stressed that the Russian side will respond to any attempts to steal funds.

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