Песков сравнил арест активов бизнесменов с ограблением на Диком Западе

Peskov compared the arrest of businessmen's assets with a robbery in the Wild West He stated that the USconfiscated property, the funds for which made it possible to develop the US economy

Russian businessmen honestly made money on yachts and planes that were confiscated due to sanctions. Their arrest can be compared to a robbery in the Wild West, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RBC.

“These are absolutely honest legal entrepreneurs. They were robbed. They were robbed in the same way that travelers were robbed in the Wild West with the help of Smith and Wesson, ”Peskov said.

Earlier , US President Joe Biden said that the United States "took everything" from the Russian "oligarchs."

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According to Peskov, Biden does not understand what oligarchs are. The Kremlin spokesman added that an oligarch is a businessman “who has risen to power,” while Russian entrepreneurs understand that business and politics are completely different things. The only oligarch who has come to power in recent years, Peskov called former US President Donald Trump.