Ukraine seeks to take part of former Soviet assets away from Russia — official

World August 13, 2014, 19:22

“We will go to the end and take all assets that belong to Ukraine and have not been returned yet,” he adds

KIEV, August 13. /ITAR-TASS/. The Ukrainian government has set up an inter-departmental group for addressing issues of legal succession to Soviet foreign state debt and assets, Minister Ostap Semerak said on Wednesday.

“We have made the decision to create a commission for protecting Ukraine’s interests in this respect. We’ll take inventory of everything that may belong to Ukraine,” he said.

“We will go to the end and take all assets that belong to Ukraine and have not been returned yet,” Semerak said, adding that Ukraine would even file lawsuits if need be.

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