State Duma deputy Alexei Didenko called Belgium, which seizes Russia's assets, a "huckster" He recalled the regime created by the Belgians in the Congo, where "10 million Congolese were killed" The Investigative Committee should open criminal cases against all those responsible for the embezzlement of Russian funds, Didenko said. The Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said earlier that the Belgian authorities are sending money earned on frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

He was speaking to reporters at a press conference in Brussels.