The government has submitted to the Duma a bill on the arrest of a foreign property – RBC

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The fact that the government submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament a bill on the response to the arrest of Russian assets, said on Wednesday on the website of the State Duma.

If the law comes into force, the Russian courts will be able to limit the immunity foreign state “based on the principle of reciprocity.” If the territory of a State would be arrested Russian assets (if the Russian state “jurisdictional immunity granted to a limited extent”), a Russian court will give the green light to a symmetrical response.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Speaking at a government meeting, he said that the draft law is particularly relevant “to the background, as a rule, misconduct being made against our country and our property in a number of other countries.” According to him, these actions are often dictated by foreign states not legal, but political motives.

«Our country should have the right to impose reciprocal restrictions, including no representation that State immunity from our judgments, including those decisions related to the treatment for the recovery of the property of the state by a court in our country “, – quotes Medvedev Tass.

The government commission on legislative activities approved a bill July 21. His appearance was preceded by the arrest of Russian state assets in Belgium and France by the decision of the Hague Court, according to which Russia byazana of payments to former Yukos shareholders $ 50 billion.

Commenting on the news, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said RBC the answer “is reciprocity.” “Our economic operators intend to submit a request to the Russian court – in response to the unlawful actions against them to take the same action in Russia. Will arrest the property of foreign companies with state participation, “- said the head of Russian diplomacy.

The head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov in an interview in the program” Vesti on Saturday “promised rapid response to the arrest of Russian state property in Europe.

«The fact that they [the response] will, I am not in the least doubt. You can act and we must act only retaliatory measures “, – he said, adding that” retaliatory steps will inevitably and quickly be implemented. ”