{"id":3632,"date":"2025-12-16T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3632"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:48:37","slug":"eu-leaders-genetically-wired-for-theft-lavrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/eu-leaders-genetically-wired-for-theft-lavrov\/","title":{"rendered":"EU leaders genetically wired for theft \u2013 Lavrov"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian foreign minister has slammed plans to tap Moscow\u2019s sovereign funds for Kiev<\/strong><\/p>\n

European leaders pushing to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine have \u201ctheft running in their blood,\u201d<\/em> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed.<\/p>\n

He made the remarks during an interview with Iran\u2019s state broadcaster IRIB on Monday, as part of a broader denunciation of the European Union\u2019s approach to the Ukraine conflict. Lavrov was referring to the EU\u2019s proposal to issue a so-called \u201creparation loan\u201d<\/em> that would channel money to Kiev for several more years using Russian sovereign funds as collateral.<\/p>\n

Western states have a history of immobilizing the assets of other countries, including Iran and Venezuela, Lavrov said, arguing that \u201csuch an urge to steal must be genetic in many of our Western \u2018colleagues\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Belgium, which hosts most of the frozen Russian funds through the Euroclear clearing house, has warned that the EU\u2019s proposal would amount to an unprecedented de facto confiscation of another country\u2019s wealth. Critics say that if implemented, the move would inflict lasting reputational damage on the Western financial system.<\/p>\n

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Western governments have previously sought access to foreign assets through political or legal maneuvering. During his first term, US President Donald Trump recognized Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido as the country\u2019s legitimate leader. Although Guaido failed to seize power in Caracas, the recognition allowed him to lay claim to Venezuelan state-owned oil infrastructure<\/a> in the US and gold reserves<\/a> held at the Bank of England.<\/p>\n

Iranian assets were targeted through civil lawsuits in US courts. One such case alleged<\/a> Tehran\u2019s involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks \u2013 a baseless claim which Iran did not even contest.<\/p>\n

Last week, Russia\u2019s central bank filed a lawsuit against Euroclear at the Moscow Arbitration Court, seeking damages stemming from the immobilization of its assets. Brussels has dismissed the roughly $230 billion figure as \u201cspeculative,\u201d<\/em> insisting that freezing the funds complies with international law.<\/p>\n

The Belgian government previously acknowledged that the proposed \u201creparation loan\u201d<\/em> would be a fundamentally different step and that Russia would have strong grounds to seek compensation in Western courts if it were carried out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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