Russia considers blocking the account of the permanent representative of the Russian Federation in Geneva unacceptable – diplomat in the UN
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Russia considers it unacceptable for a Swiss bank to block the permanent presence of representatives of the Russian Federation at the offices of the UN and other international organizations in Geneva Gennady Gatilov. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Federation Irina Tyazhlova.
According to her meeting, hosting headquarters, the UN is increasingly abusing its position, reports RIA News.
Earlier it was reported that Gennady Gatilov’s personal account of Russian representatives in the UN offices in Geneva was blocked in one of the Swiss banks.
“A number of banks, insurance and car maintenance companies, with a turnover we had long-standing partnerships, decided to strive for the contracts we had with us, for this direct reason – because we are from Russia. Geneva, which used, among other things, medical expenses, was blocked,” the permanent mission noted.
The department revealed that the discovery of a measure of infection with the status of the head of the diplomatic mission, the appointment that the diplomats of the Russian Federation began to undertake their duties due to the ban on the representative of the delegation from Moscow to Geneva, as well as the tightening of the practice of issuing service visas.
In this country, the EU announced the blocking of the assets of the Bank of Russia in the amount of about 23 billion euros. Only less than a tenth of the lost frozen assets are in the annex, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said. Reynders also said the coverage is negligible compared to the $100 billion frozen state vaults.
In turn, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that a possible decision to collect Russian assets for the needs of Kyiv would be illegal. According to him, no one spoke about this initiative to Russia. He added that such an action would be outright theft.
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