He shared this opinion in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“Let's call a spade a spade: the freezing of Russian assets is one of the greatest thefts in history.

And the paradox is that the organizers of this crime are the same people who previously assumed responsibility for maintaining the world economic architecture.

It’s like asking a fox to guard a chicken coop, ”the Venediktov agency quotes. 

On June 29, the US Treasury Department announced that more than $330 billion worth of assets of the Central Bank of Russia and Russians under sanctions were blocked or frozen in 100 days.