"These funds were stolen from us": Peskov threatened legal action over the transfer of Russian asset funds to Ukraine.

The press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, stated that the Russian funds transferred to Ukraine are "stolen." He promised that Russia would seek to reclaim its billion through legal means. This was reported by Interfax and conveyed by UNN.

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It was noted that Putin's press secretary, Peskov, claimed that Ukraine "stole" a billion dollars from Russia, which it received from the United States from frozen Russian assets.

He assured that in the future, Russia would initiate a "judicial investigation" regarding this transfer.

He added that Russia would continue to "utilize all opportunities to defend its rights and the rights to its property."

Recall,

Ukraine received the first tranche of 1 billion dollars from the United States from frozen Russian assets. This is part of the G7 initiative totaling 20 billion dollars that the U.S. plans to allocate.