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The fact that Ukraine has not signed an agreement on the division of property with Russia will help seize objects abroad as reparations. But the recognition of the Russian Federation as a terrorist country will help much more. Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014-2019), said this on the air of the FREEDOM telethon on the UA channel.
Ukraine didn`t transfer to Moscow it’s part of the foreign property of the USSR in exchange for the payment of all Soviet foreign debts. Kyiv has not ratified the agreement on the division of property, and there are reasons for that, the diplomat emphasizes.
There are thousands of objects owned by the Russian Federation in the world – only in Germany, there are more than 200 of them. According to Klimkin, in order to seize this property, Ukraine will have to sue every country. And here it is extremely important to recognize Russia as a country sponsoring terrorism, since in this case, the courts will be more willing to take the side of the plaintiff, that is, Ukraine.
Klimkin commented on the amount of property:
“Only in Germany, Russia has more than 200 objects. And about a thousand around the world. We know very well that both the Russian oligarchs and the Russian leadership also invested in real estate. They thought it was safe and calm. We need to look for who, where, why and under what conditions invested. Because not all assets have been arrested yet.”
He explained how realistic it is to ensure future reparations at the expense of Russian assets:
“We need to wait for the decision of international and national courts, which would remove the immunity from these assets. For example, German courts must make a decision on that Russia owns these objects as a criminal. And since this is the property belongs to a criminal, it means that this is the criminal property and it must be confiscated.”
In addition, Klimkin suggested how Taiwan events might develop in the future:
“China tries to have its own sphere of influence. In this, he is in some sense, but not completely similar to Putin. China wants to return to Taiwan, but the idea of returning it peacefully prevails there. This means that Taiwan should be dominated by forces that want to be reunited with China.
Therefore, if there are negotiations, they will be very difficult. But the Americans are absolutely right to raise the stakes. And US President Joe Biden didn’t just say that the United States would support Taiwan, which is the world economy’s anchor in chip manufacturing. I think that in the near future we will see a lot of rhetoric, but also a lot of contacts between the Americans and the Chinese.”
On the probability of Chinese military intervention against Taiwan:
They will talk very harshly about using their armed forces.
However, not only China is learning by seeing how the Russian armed forces operate. The Chinese army learned a lot from Russia. Nevertheless, Taiwan is also looking at us, at how military operations are taking place here. Taiwan is currently conducting one of the largest armed training in its territory. It seems to me that Chinese culture with a Confucian mentality will still come to negotiations. Although at some point the Chinese may also raise the stakes. But I do not think that it will be literally in the next few days.
