Speaker of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko called the United States policy of state banditry, TASS reports.
“This is some kind of state banditry, when all international rules are violated, when absolutely illegal sanctions are introduced, assets of the sovereign state are frozen, when accounts are frozen and plundered on the ethnic principle, the property of citizens of Russia is eliminated and taken without trial, investigation and specific Claims, ”she said at a press conference on Thursday following the results of the spring session.
“State banditry is that they consider it possible to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states – from Yugoslavia, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and so on,” the speaker added.