OREANDA-NEWS If the West confiscates Russian assets, then a situation may arise when other countries want to protect themselves from such an outcome. This is reported by The Financial Times (FT).

There are also legal obstacles. Thus, the European Central Bank issued a strong warning to European politicians even against taxing EU (EU) companies that receive excess profits from Russia's blocked assets.

Earlier, EU leaders have already instructed the European Commission and the head of the European Diplomacy to finalize proposals on a mechanism for using profits from frozen assets of Russia.

Earlier, the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova reacted to the visit to Kiev of the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. She ironically said that the head of the EC "returned to her main activity."