Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the nationalization of foreign assets remaining in the country if the European Union uses Russia's frozen assets for the benefit of Ukraine.
This decision was made against the backdrop of discussions in the European Union about using funds from the Russian Central Bank to financially support Ukraine.
According to the source, the discussion is about the rapid purchase or seizure of assets of major foreign companies still operating in Russia — UniCredit, Raiffeisen Bank International, PepsiCo, and Mondelez International.
We recall that at the end of September, EU leaders agreed on a plan to allocate a loan of 140 billion euros from frozen Russian reserves for Ukraine. Moscow has called this initiative "theft."
