Les pays occidentaux ont volé environ 300 milliards de réserves de
change appartenant à la Russie. Mais l'Occident possède en tout 288
milliards de dollars d'investissements en Russie. Si la Russie décide de
les confisquer à son tour elle ne perdrait plus qu'une douzaine de
milliards de dollars ce qui ne représente pas grand chose pour elle.
C'est probablement le scénario vers lequel on se dirige. Il marquerait
la fin des échanges commerciaux et financiers entre la Russie et
l'Occident pour des dizaines d'années. Certains pays comme l'Allemagne,
la Pologne ou Chypre ne s'en remettront probablement pas. Ça leur
apprendra à marcher au pas de l'oie derrière Bidhaine, les neocons, deep
state et les États-Unis.
https://www.rt.com/business/591131-russia-western-assets-sanctions/
West faces $300bn loss for seizing Russian assets – RIA
Moscow could reportedly retaliate with similar measures
The confiscation of Russia’s assets, currently frozen in the West, could
lead to massive financial losses on part of the US and its allies, the
news agency RIA Novosti reported over the weekend. A number of nations,
including the US, UK, France, and Germany, still have significant
investments in Russia that could be lost.
Total foreign direct investments (FDI) in the Russian economy by the EU,
G7, Australia, and Switzerland amounted to $288 billion at the end of
2022, the news agency said, citing statistics gathered from the
countries themselves. This roughly equals the size of the Russian funds
that are frozen and that Western nations are now considering confiscating.
Some $300 billion in Russian reserves remain frozen in the West, more
than $200 billion of which are held by the EU, while the rest are in the
US. The bulk of the assets the US and its allies might lose if they go
on with the confiscation plan are also held by EU nations, the data
cited by RIA shows.
In total, the bloc’s members had $223.3 billion of assets in Russia as
of late 2022, the news agency said. More than $98 billion was formally
held by Cyprus, with the Netherlands coming in second with $50.1 billion
in assets.
Germany had $17.3 billion invested in the Russian economy, while France
and Italy had $16.6 billion and $12.9 billion, respectively, the news
agency said. As of the end of 2021, the UK’s investments in Russia
amounted to $18.9 billion.
Switzerland appeared to be another major investor in the Russian economy
with $28.5 billion, while the US itself had $9.6 billion worth of
Russian assets, according to the news agency. RIA did not disclose how
it derived its estimates.
The Russian central bank provided slightly different FDI figures as of
January 1, 2022. It estimated the figure for Cyprus at more than $182
billion and named the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, and France among
the top EU investors, with assets worth between $23 billion and $36 billion.
The bank also put Ireland’s investments at $34 billion, and said that
the UK had more than $53 billion invested in Russia as of that date. It
estimated US investments at $6 billion.
Moscow has warned the West about potential retaliation over any
confiscation of its frozen reserves. “Of course, we analyzed possible
retaliatory steps in advance,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in
late December. He added, however, that the confiscation of foreign
assets in Russia could only be considered in theoretical terms at that time.
Russia has repeatedly warned that a seizure of its assets by the US and
its allies would amount to “theft” and that it would violate
international law and undermine reserve currencies, the global financial
system, and the world economy.
The US and other Western nations slapped Russia with unprecedented
sanctions over the conflict with Ukraine but had largely balked at the
idea of seizing Moscow’s substantial reserve holdings that were frozen
in Belgium and other EU countries soon after the start of the conflict.
In December, the Financial Times reported that Washington had proposed
that working groups from the G7 explore ways to confiscate the $300
billion in frozen Russian assets on February 24, 2024, the second
anniversary of the start of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine.
Earlier this month, meanwhile, Bloomberg also reported that the idea had
received the support of the administration of US President Joe Biden.
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