Russia Asset Freeze Threat Sends European, US Stocks Reeling
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/25/2014 11:08 -0400
Germany's DAX is tumbling this morning (and back in the red for 2014) as The Moscow Times reportsRussian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territory under a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. Whether this isretaliation at Italian tax police seizing €30m in assets, including a luxury hotel in Rome and two villas in Sardinia, controlled by Arkady Rotenberg, is unclear, but the timing is highly coincidental and Rotenberg has been a longtime ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
DAX is sliding notably... (not helped by chatter about Russia "throttling" gas supplies to Europe)
back to negative year-to-date...
As The Moscow Times reports,
Russian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territoryunder a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
The draft, which was submitted to parliament on Wednesday by a pro-Kremlin deputy, wouldalso allow state compensation for an individual whose property is seized in foreign jurisdictions.
The draft law, published on a parliamentary database, would allow for compensation for Russian citizens who suffer because of an "unlawful court act" in a foreign jurisdiction andclear the way to foreign state assets in Russia being seized, even if they are subject to international immunity.
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/25/2014 11:08 -0400
Germany's DAX is tumbling this morning (and back in the red for 2014) as The Moscow Times reportsRussian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territory under a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. Whether this isretaliation at Italian tax police seizing €30m in assets, including a luxury hotel in Rome and two villas in Sardinia, controlled by Arkady Rotenberg, is unclear, but the timing is highly coincidental and Rotenberg has been a longtime ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
DAX is sliding notably... (not helped by chatter about Russia "throttling" gas supplies to Europe)
back to negative year-to-date...
As The Moscow Times reports,
Russian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territoryunder a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
The draft, which was submitted to parliament on Wednesday by a pro-Kremlin deputy, wouldalso allow state compensation for an individual whose property is seized in foreign jurisdictions.
The draft law, published on a parliamentary database, would allow for compensation for Russian citizens who suffer because of an "unlawful court act" in a foreign jurisdiction andclear the way to foreign state assets in Russia being seized, even if they are subject to international immunity.
Blowback?
Russia Asset Freeze Threat Sends European, US Stocks Reeling | Zero Hedge
@NiceTry @vostok @senheiser @MarkusS @Götterdämmerung