Kremlin accuses US of trying to pressure Europe over potential Russian asset seizures - RIA

The Kremlin accused the United States on Thursday of trying to pressure European countries into backing what it said was an illegal idea to seize frozen Russian assets to help finance the rebuilding of Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported.

RIA said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a U.S. media report which suggested that the Biden administration had in principle backed proposed U.S. legislation to facilitate such a seizure.

It cited Peskov as saying that Moscow had not been informed of the development and that news of such a step looked like a provocative attempt to pressure European countries - where he said Russia's main overseas frozen assets were located - into signing up to asset seizures.