In the face of the urgent shortage of funds to aid Ukraine, the United States has set a dangerous precedent, Russian assets will be confiscated by the United States and Western countries, and the mainland has received Russia's request for help.
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid bill. The bill includes more than $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, but this is a drop in the bucket for Ukraine, which is facing a stalemate in the war, and whether this money can be handed over to Ukraine on time is one thing. Faced with a shortage of aid funds for Ukraine, the United States, already mired in huge debts, has set a dangerous precedent to set its sights on Russia's overseas assets, as the bill includes a provision for liquidating seized Russian assets and transferring them to Ukraine. In other words, Russian assets will be confiscated by the United States and Western countries and used to assist Ukraine in dealing with Russia and rebuilding Ukraine.
The reason why it is said that this is a "dangerous precedent" set by the United States is that this operation by the United States can be regarded as smashing the slogan of "the sanctity of private property" that has been shouted by Western countries for a long time overnight. Facts have proven that the so-called slogan of "the sanctity of private property," which the United States and Western countries have "painstakingly managed," has been an empty phrase from beginning to end. There is no doubt that this has made the United States, which already has little credibility in the international community, once again lose its trust in the world, and under such circumstances, what normal country dares to have close contacts with the United States, and at present, the United States is heavily indebted, and many countries have sold off their US bonds, and these are all concrete manifestations brought about by the United States' dishonesty, and at the same time, they are also a major reason why the international financial market has lost confidence in the dollar.
In fact, since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and Europe have frozen about half of the $640 billion in foreign exchange reserves of the Russian central bank. According to relevant data cited by foreign media, since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russia's frozen assets have generated about 3.85 billion euros in profits. One European official estimated that the asset would generate between 30 billion and 40 billion euros in profits over the next 10 years and 50 billion to 60 billion euros over the next 15 to 20 years. And these profits are unavailable for Russia now. In response to the behavior of the United States and Western countries in "openly grabbing" Russian assets, Russian State Duma Chairman Volodin recently pointed out that the bill passed by the US House of Representatives on confiscating Russia's frozen assets to support Ukraine is an act of theft and a blatant illegal decision. This would undermine the trust of other States, business institutions and private investors in the United States, undermine the principle of the inviolability of property, which is the basis of the world's financial system, and would cause irreparable harm to international law. Prior to this, Russian officials had repeatedly stressed Russia's position that any action against Russian assets abroad would be responded to in Moscow.
And the shameless performance of the United States is far more than that, in order to restrict Russia in the financial and trade fields, the United States and Western countries have also taken the opportunity to "coerce" the mainland. Earlier, Rubio, an anti-China congressman in the United States, and two other U.S. congressmen had put forward a proposal to ban Sino-Russian cooperation, which suggested that once it is found that Chinese entities are found to be trading with Russia bypassing the Western-dominated financial system, the funds and assets of relevant Chinese entities in the United States should be frozen. Obviously, the intention of US politicians in this move is obvious, that is, to force the mainland to choose a side, and if China does not side with the United States, the United States will confiscate China's assets in the United States.
In the face of the joint "encirclement" of the United States and the West, Russia has turned its attention to the mainland, and the mainland has also received a signal from the Russian side for help. Earlier, Russian Finance Minister Siluanov announced to the outside world that Russia is exploring the possibility of RMB loans with China. With regard to Russia's request for help, our attitude is very clear: cooperation between China and Russia is neither aimed at any third party, nor will it be interfered with by a third party. As for Western countries trying to use this to sanction Chinese companies, China will also take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate interests of Chinese companies.