Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at Western banks freezing Russian foreign exchange reserves at the EAEU summit. “Incidentally, we are all well aware that a significant amount of our Russian gold foreign exchange reserves are frozen in Western banks – it’s no secret. There is constant talk that they are going to steal our money. If this happens, the movement towards regionalisation of payment systems will accelerate and become irreversible.,” he said. Putin added that “stealing implies some secrecy… this is open robbery!” Watch.
