Putin denounced freezing of Russian assets as ‘theft’ which ‘will not go unpunished’ – MASHAHER

President Vladimir Putin on Friday denounced the freezing of Russian assets by the West as “theft” and vowed that it would not go “unpunished” in a speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Putin’s remarks came on the heels of a deal by the Group of Seven industrialized nations for a $50 billion loan package for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets.