Zakharova criticized the EU's decision to permanently block Russian assets.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, spoke sharply about the decision of the European Union to impose an indefinite blocking of Russian assets. This was reported on December 12.

According to Zakharova, the actions of the European authorities resemble the "work of thimblers."

"Thimbles," she told RIA Novosti.

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Earlier, on December 4, it was reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry called the EU's plans to use frozen Russian assets as part of a reparation loan for Ukraine inadequate. Zakharova warned at the time that such actions could cause serious damage to the European Union itself, and Russia's response, she said, would be unexpected.

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