“They are trying to create some mechanism that is not accountable to the GA.
Even non-specialists understand the politicization and legal worthlessness of this document: the General Assembly does not even come close to having such powers, ”he wrote on Telegram.
Thus, the “Western partners” are trying to give the appearance of legitimacy to their attempts to appropriate, “or rather, simply steal” Russian assets frozen in the West, the diplomat believes.
“They will do this at the national level, referring to the “will of the international community” allegedly expressed in the GA,” Polyansky explained.
At the same time, Western countries are ignoring the consequences that “opening this Pandora's box” threatens them with, he added.
“It is significant that in order not to listen to fair criticism addressed to them, the Western bloc tried this time to do without debates before the adoption of the draft, but we did not allow them to do this and there will be debates in the end.
Broadcast on UN Web TV starts at 18:00 Moscow time on November 14,” the diplomat said.
In June, the US Treasury Department said that more than $330 billion worth of assets were blocked or frozen in 100 days by the Central Bank of Russia and Russians under sanctions, of which the Central Bank accounts for $300 billion.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that more than $ 300 billion was stolen from Russia, but other countries that criticize it prefer not to talk about it.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov also said that the Russian side regards the freezing of its reserves abroad as theft.