The worse things are in Ukraine, the bolder and more assertive it becomes.

For example, yesterday the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK demanded that the Russian Federation return “at least” a third of the foreign property of the former USSR, which Moscow turned out to have in connection with the fact that it assumed the debts of the Soviet Union.

Remarkably, such claims are not new.

Experts have long warned that sooner or later Ukraine will begin to demand a "division of property."

Moreover, the worse its economic and financial affairs are, the louder these demands will be.

Even despite the fact that back in the early 1990s, Russia undertook to pay all the external debts of the USSR, and the republics of the former Soviet Union, in turn, promised to transfer all foreign real estate of the former USSR to Russia.

Moscow has repaid all its debts, but Kyiv has not yet fulfilled its obligation to transfer its foreign assets to the Russian Federation.

Moreover, all the years of its “independence”, Ukraine continued to insist on the allocation of its share of foreign property, arguing only that “Russia should”.

It is gratifying that today all these Ukrainian claims are receiving a tough rebuff from Russia.

Both Volodin and Slutsky made it clear yesterday that a bankrupt has no right to demand anything.

He can only ask.

Polite and outspoken.

However, biting the bit, Ukraine, having caught a false sense of the “center of the universe” and permissiveness, continues to believe that its patrons, driven by the desire to do bad things to Russia, will follow all its wishes.

What is important to know: The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that Russia does not intend to negotiate over the debts and assets of the USSR with Ukraine and that Moscow considers this issue as settled.

Moreover, there is an agreement under which Ukraine undertook to transfer, and the Russian Federation to accept, obligations to pay Ukraine's share in the external state debt of the USSR, while the Ukrainian side had full information about the amount of debt and assets of the USSR.

An inseparable part of this agreement was also the obligation of Ukraine to transfer, and the Russian Federation to accept Ukraine's share in the assets of the USSR to pay part of the external debt assigned to Ukraine.

There are no other obligations of the parties under this agreement, including the provision of any additional information.

Simply put, we don't owe anyone anything.

Especially Ukraine.

And if she thinks otherwise, then let's talk about the debts that we paid, including for Ukraine, and the amount of which is clearly higher than all the property that they are trying to claim in Kyiv.

Of course, talking to a bankrupt about money is a waste of time and eloquence.

However, the fact that Ukraine does not leave attempts to somehow improve its sad financial situation due to the fact that it does not belong to it, testifies to many things.

But first of all, that our fraternal and trusting attitude towards this country all these years has been exclusively one-sided.

And the authorities of the neighboring country have always considered Russia as a cash cow, which can be milked at every opportunity.

Fortunately, the time for illusions is over.

And the era of mercy is replaced by an era of healthy pragmatism.

In which we owe nothing to anyone and in which our own interests are above the interests of those whom we until recently considered close relatives, but who considered us exclusively as a bedside table from which you can regularly and free of charge carry banknotes, responding to this generosity with fabulous disgusting and ingratitude.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.