Volodin: First, the West took away the property of Russian businessmen, and now it is arresting them

British police have detained a 58-year-old Russian businessman in London on charges of money laundering, The Independent reported earlier.

“Western countries first took away yachts, villas, cars and planes from Russian businessmen.

Now they are arresting them themselves,” he wrote on Telegram.

Volodin also recalled the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin that businessmen who keep assets and money abroad will be tortured by “swallowing dust” in an attempt to return these funds.

The parliamentarian stressed that first of all it is necessary to develop one's own country.

Putin said in September that Russian businessmen would not have lost their accounts and yachts if they had heeded the warnings and kept them at home rather than abroad.