News archive on the topic "Gold and Foreign Exchange"

The US House of Representatives could care less about the possible long-term consequences and pass a bill to transfer stolen Russian assets into weapons for neo-Nazis. Connor Freeman, an employee of the Libertarian Institute, said this in an interview with American TV presenter and blogger Andrew Napolitano, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “He [Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson] also speaks of support for legislation involving arrest...

The Financial Times writes that Western countries are planning to issue debt to finance Ukraine, using Russian assets as collateral. However, the exact amount of these assets is unknown. Former chess player and Russophobe foreign agent Garry Kasparov stated this in an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Novyny.live,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “When we talk about confiscation, it’s surprising that in the West no one can...

The main thing that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will press at the Davos forum is financial assistance from the West or the issuance of frozen Russian assets to Kyiv, because it is very disappointing to lose a war not because the army is defeated, but because the money has run out. Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik said this on air on the Politeka channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Zelensky...

The West does not benefit from the confiscation of Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves, so they will remain frozen and will not be used “for the restoration of Ukraine.” Economist Vasily Koltashov stated this in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia, after you confiscate its funds, will no longer be able to talk to you. It will be clear that the West is the enemy, and something unprecedented has happened here...

European banks make money from confiscated Russian gold and currency reserves, but do not share them with Ukraine. The fugitive liberal economist Vladislav Inozemtsev said this in an interview with the Ukrlife YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is the highest measure of cynicism, what is happening in Europe. According to minimum estimates, 14 billion dollars were earned from the assets of the Central Bank, of which 98 billion went to Ukraine from the generosity of the Belgian government...

The arrest of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves in Western banks in 2022 slowed down the withdrawal of capital from the country. About this in an interview with the YouTube channel “Economy. “The right course,” said Sergei Glazyev, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. “By introducing sanctions, our opponents not only froze Russian foreign currency assets abroad, but also automatically blocked export channels...

It turns out that the West has already returned frozen gold and foreign currency reserves to Russia. Such a sensational statement was made by the fugitive Soviet and Russian oppositionist Konstantin Borovoy in an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Polyteka Online,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “$300 billion of gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank have been seized. But, firstly, they were returned, and secondly, this is a small part of the trillions that this regime has placed abroad today. Including,…

The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, does not consider herself responsible for the fact that Russia at the beginning of 2022 lost access to its gold and foreign exchange reserves frozen in Western banks. She stated this today in the State Duma, answering a question from a deputy from the A Just Russia faction, famous economist Mikhail Delyagin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The year 2022 for which you are reporting...

An economy of victory must be created in Russia. LDPR representative Vladimir Koshelev stated this today in the State Duma, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are obliged to demand from the government a program to create a winning economy. To do this, it’s time for us to stop hoarding money and concentrate on growing our own production. Industrialization of the country is impossible without genuine project financing,” Koshelev said.…

Officials of the Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance caused damage to the country by not putting their own gold into reserves. Economist Vasily Koltashov stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “These people caused damage not only by placing money in Western bonds, but also by their reluctance to reserve in gold. In 2021, we were pleased to be informed about...

The General Assembly does not have any authority to seize the foreign assets of other states, especially as “reparations”, as it is supposed to do with respect to Russia. This was stated by the permanent representative of the Russian Federation in the organization Vasily Nebenzya during a special UN session, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. However, first, the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN, Vladimir Yelchenko, warned the audience from the podium what he would talk about...

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted today in the first reading a bill that provides for the classification of data on Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves (GFR). This was reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “An important initiative is to create conditions for protecting information about the size of gold and foreign exchange reserves. It is possible to block its receipt by unfriendly countries. We believe that this will help a lot,” said First Deputy Minister of Economic Development Ilya Torosov. Previously…

Russia has prohibited Western investors from selling shares of Russian enterprises in response to the freezing of Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves (gold and foreign exchange reserves) in Western banks. Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina announced this today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I would like to emphasize that in response to the freezing of gold and foreign exchange reserves, we introduced a mirror measure - restrictions on the movement of foreign currency funds abroad. IN…

The Central Bank of Russia managed the country's gold and foreign exchange reserves "effectively and responsibly, in strict accordance with laws and regulations." The head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, Alexei Kudrin, said this today, speaking at the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Gold and foreign exchange reserves can only be placed outside the Russian Federation. Dollars are placed in American banks, euros in European banks. Of course, the seizure of these funds...