{"id":1604558,"date":"2022-08-13T08:49:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604558"},"modified":"2022-08-13T08:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:49:52","slug":"moscow-warns-of-end-to-russia-us-relations-if-assets-seized-tass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moscow-warns-of-end-to-russia-us-relations-if-assets-seized-tass\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Warns of End to Russia\u2013US Relations If Assets Seized: TASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmoscow-warns-of-end-to-russia-us-relations-if-assets-seized-tass%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MOSCOW\u2014Any possible seizure of Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-assets\">assets<\/a> by the United States will completely destroy Moscow\u2019s bilateral relations with Washington, TASS quoted the head of the North American Department at the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-russia\">Russia<\/a>\u2019s relations with the West have deteriorated sharply since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> on Feb. 24, calling it a \u201cspecial military operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West responded with unprecedented economic, financial, and diplomatic sanctions, including freezing around half of Russia\u2019s foreign exchange reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Top Western officials, including European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, have suggested seizing the frozen reserves to help fund the future reconstruction of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe warn the Americans of the detrimental consequences of such actions that will permanently damage bilateral relations, which is neither in their nor in our interests,\u201d Alexander Darchiev told TASS in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear which assets he was referring to.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and its European allies have also frozen $30 billion of assets held by wealthy individuals with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including yachts, helicopters, real estate, and art, according to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Justice was seeking broader authority from Congress to seize Russian oligarchs\u2019 assets as a means to pressure Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, a prosecutor said in July.<\/p>\n<p>Darchiev also said that Russia warned the United States that diplomatic ties would be badly damaged and could even be broken if Russia is declared a state sponsor of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the situation in Ukraine, Darchiev said that the U.S. influence on Kyiv had increased to the degree that \u201cAmericans are increasingly becoming more and more a direct party in the conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Darchiev confirmed that Viktor Bout, detained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-us\">US<\/a>, as well as U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW\u2014Any possible seizure of Russian assets by the United States will completely destroy Moscow\u2019s bilateral relations with Washington, TASS quoted the head of the North American Department at the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Saturday. 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