Putin Envoy Worries EU Asset Seizure Harms Washington's 'Interests'
RT reports that Putin's envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, cautioned the EU against seizing frozen Russian assets, claiming it would damage Washington’s interests. The implicit message: respect for international law matters, when it serves our adversaries. This 'concern' about financial stability somehow evaporates when the US itself sanctions and freezes assets of nations, like Iran or Venezuela, often
without immediate, broad international consensus. The hypocrisy isn't lost on anyone paying attention. Western powers selectively invoke the 'rules-based order' to condemn Russia's actions while simultaneously contemplating unprecedented financial appropriations that would set a truly dangerous global precedent. One might wonder if the 'damage' to Washington's interests Dmitriev refers to is
simply the revelation that financial power is a weapon, to be used unilaterally by anyone with the muscle, rather than some sacred pillar. The silence on what this means for the global South and their reserves is deafening.