Ukraine has not yet fulfilled its obligation to return the assets of the former Soviet Union to Russia. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the film "Russia. Recent History ", shown on December 12 on the TV channel" Russia 1 ", writes the russian newspaper" Izvestia ".
According to him, she should have done so in exchange for paying off his foreign debt.
"In 1993, we pledged to pay off all the debts of the former Soviet Union, for all former Soviet republics, with the expectation that these republics will transfer foreign assets to the former Soviet Union," he said.
According to him, the debts have been paid, but not all have fulfilled the obligation to transfer foreign assets to Moscow. A number of former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, have not done so, Putin added.
Earlier in the day, the head of state called the collapse of the Soviet Union a "tragedy." According to the president, most citizens of the Soviet Union feel the same way.
In June, the Russian leader noted that rebuilding the Soviet Union was pointless and impractical. When the Soviet Union collapsed, its core - historic Russia - lost almost half of its industrial potential, its economy, roughly the same population, the president of the Russian Federation added.
Despite these losses, Russia remains the largest country in the world, a "reserve" of various mineral resources, this is its huge competitive advantage, the head of state concluded.
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