"Retaliating with a tooth for a tooth and striking when it is time to strike" is Russia's consistent style, and Russia has always refused to accept unilateral beatings and is bound to retaliate, and Russia's retaliation will not come too late.
Some time ago, the US Congress passed a bill to confiscate Russian assets to aid Ukraine, and Russia reacted violently, warning the West that Russia would use all mechanisms and tools to respond.
Russia is not talking about it, but it is doing what it says.
According to a report by overseas networks on the 29th, recently, a Russian court ordered the seizure of the assets of JPMorgan Chase Bank in Russia, and nearly $440 million in assets were frozen. It is reported that the Russian court's move stems from a lawsuit initiated by VTB, which hopes to recover nearly $440 million in assets frozen by the United States.
It is reported that the United States and Europe have frozen a total of about $300 billion in assets of Russia, then, in order to make up for Russia's losses, Russia will next "make persistent efforts" and is likely to seize and confiscate the assets of Western countries in various forms. You know, on the 26th, Putin signed a decree that Russia directly nationalized an Italian company.
It can be seen that Russia is true this time, so the United States has to carefully consider the pros and cons of continuing to "hurt each other" with Russia? Once Russia and the West escalate each other's retaliation against each other, not only the United States and the West will inevitably "bleed heavily," but it may even trigger a chain reaction and cause new turbulence in the international financial market.
It is worth noting that the assets of US banks were seized by Russia, and the United States immediately made two major compromise moves against Russia.
First, the United States began to ease sanctions against Russia.
According to CCTV News, on April 29, local time, the U.S. government allowed settlements related to energy transactions with Russian banks before November 1 this year, including VTB, Alfa Bank, and even the Central Bank of Russia. Prior to this, in order to sanction Russia, the United States issued an executive order prohibiting relevant transactions with these banks.
It seems that even for the United States, the energy crisis is not so easy to deal with, and the confrontation with Russia has also made it difficult for the United States to face inflationary pressures.
Second, the United States began to call on Russia to accept peace talks.
According to a report by TASS on the 29th, US Secretary of State Blinken said that the United States hopes that Russia will agree to negotiate with Ukraine and that Russia will show its willingness to negotiate in good faith in accordance with the principles of international law.
At present, although the Russian army has achieved limited results, it is indeed continuing to advance, while the Ukrainian army admits that the situation is difficult and has repeatedly abandoned the frontline stronghold and chose "tactical retreat". At this time, the United States called for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and passed a new $60 billion aid bill for Ukraine, which has the flavor of implementing a "delaying strategy", hoping to buy respite for the Ukrainian army before the arrival of a new round of Western military aid.
However, the Russian side does not seem to buy it, and Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova accused that it was the United States that forced Ukraine to ban negotiations with Russia. Russia has gradually lost trust in the "olive branch" of peace talks handed over by the United States, and judging from Russia's recent actions, Russia has a tendency to seize the time to weaken the Ukrainian army as much as possible.