Peskov: Putin and Erdogan discussed the EU's "grandiose scam" with Russia's assets

The presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed the EU's desire to arrange a "grandiose scam" with Russian assets. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov.

"We exchanged views on the aspirations of the Europeans to arrange a grandiose scam with Russian assets. The President gave an appropriate, well—known assessment of this," the Kremlin spokesman said, quoted by TASS.

The Kremlin website reports that today, on December 12, in Ashgabat, on the sidelines of the international forum "Peace and Trust: Unity of Goals for a Sustainable Future," Vladimir Putin met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

As reported by EADaily, earlier today the Central Bank of the Russian Federation said that the plans of the European Commission (EC) on the use of assets The Russian Federation is illegal, contradicts international law, violates the sovereign immunity of assets. Therefore, Russia reserves the right to proceed to the implementation of all available legal mechanisms for the protection of interests without notice. The Bank of Russia will challenge any actions of the EC entailing the uncoordinated use of its assets in all available competent authorities.

In the statements of the European Commission regarding the use of Russian assets blocked in Euroclear, we are talking about an amount of 210 billion euros.