Russia responds to EU demand to return Romanian gold

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and the country's former president, responded to demands made by the European Union (EU) parliament, which demanded that Moscow “return” Romanian gold. Russian assets have already been seized.

For the vice-president of the Security Council, it was “shameful” on the part of the EU to demand the return of Romanian gold after “stealing” Russian assets.

“The European Union stole 300 billion dollars of assets from Russia and asks to return the gold to Romania. “I don't even know how to respond to such audacity,” he wrote on his social networks, the portal quoted. RT news.

In this sense, Dmitri Medvedev, in 1918, the Soviet government nationalized Romanian gold, a measure accepted by Romania at the time.

“Romania accepted it, and then during the Second World War we did not demand reparations for the results of its Nazi period. Well, now the appetite of many idiots in the European Parliament has been rekindled,” said the former Russian president.

The statements were added to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement last Wednesday that Romania owes Moscow more gold and bonds than the Romanian national treasury sent to Russia in 1916 and 1917.

“Calculating all Romanian debts to Russia and the Soviet Union, as some experts believe, we get 1,365 to 1,665 tons of gold, which is 20 to 25 times more than the value of the entire Romanian gold reserves sent to Russia in 1916-1917,” the spokesman said. Quoted by RT.

“In addition, during the development of Soviet-Romanian relations Russia returned almost all Romanian gold and other valuables,” Zakharova continued.

“In particular, [el expresidente rumano Nicolae] “In 1948-1949, Ceausescu wrote in his diary that 80% of state reserves were returned to Romania,” he added.