“You always need to be sure that everything you do has sufficient legal support so that you do not have risks in the future,” the specialist said in an online interview with Foreign Policy, as quoted by RIA Novosti as Gopinath.
The IMF is not involved in the discussion of this confiscation, but the fund will assess the impact of such a step on the global economy, the speaker added.
On February 12, the European Union published a resolution that provides the possibility of using profits from frozen Russian assets in the future to provide assistance to Ukraine.
The Politico newspaper wrote that the European Union fears a serious response from Russia if frozen Russian assets are confiscated for the needs of Ukraine.