Russia has threatened to seize Belgian assets in Russia in retaliation for Belgian seizures linked to the break-up of Russian oil firm Yukos.

Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, who is, for other reasons, barred from entering the EU parliament (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)
The Russian foreign ministry said on Friday (19 June) that unless Belgium does a U-turn, it will “be forced to consider the adoption of adequate response measures against … the property of the embassy of Belgium in Moscow, as well as its legal entities”.

