Iranian precedent

Does Russia need to implement the resolutions of the IAEA and the UN General Assembly that were not adopted in its favor?

On November 15, the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution on compensation for damage to Kyiv from the Russian Northern Military District. And on November 18, the IAEA adopted a resolution calling on Russia to “cease all activities” at Ukrainian nuclear facilities and to withdraw military personnel from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. But let's take things in order.

The UN General Assembly resolution has no binding force. True, the document provides for the creation of an international mechanism that will ensure compensation for damage to Ukraine...

The question arises: can our assets frozen in the West still be confiscated? There is such a precedent in the USA. So, after the 1959 revolution, America froze Cuban assets. And in 1979, after the overthrow of the Shah, Iranian ones, for a total of $100 billion.

And what did they do then? First, Iran was declared a country sponsor of terrorism. By the way, the United States also recognized Cuba as a country that sponsors terrorism only so as not to give it money.

But let's return to Iran. In 1983, a terrorist attack was carried out against American Marines in Lebanon, killing several dozen people. Without much proof, they decided: this is the work of Iran. Relatives of the victims filed lawsuits in American court, demanding compensation. And they began to pay it from Iranian frozen assets.

So something similar could theoretically happen now. Please note that the Czech Republic and Estonia recently adopted a resolution regarding Russia to recognize us as a terrorist country. The US Senate made the same request to the State Department... And then some Ukrainian citizens will file lawsuits in an American or some European court demanding compensation for damages. They need the General Assembly here rather as moral support for such claims.

By the way, back in April, the head of the Central Bank, Nabiullina, said that Russia would appeal the decision to freeze our $300 billion. I think it’s time to ask the Central Bank: what has been done in this regard?

Where to file such claims? Let's say in the USA there is a special court for lawsuits against the government. And, by the way, the Chinese actively use it: for example, when the Americans impose some duties against the PRC, etc. In each of the countries where our assets were frozen, there are such courts.

By the way, State Duma deputy Anzhelika Glazkova prepared a bill prohibiting holding our assets in NATO countries, and the Communist Party faction approved it. Let's see how the ruling party votes.

Regarding the IAEA resolution. This is also a UN organization, and there is actually one question here - we have no allies. In 30 years we have lost them. Friendship is a mutual thing. If we didn’t look after our friends, then they gave up on us - that’s obvious. It was impossible to imagine such a resolution in Soviet times. In the past, Warsaw Pact countries voted as clearly as NATO countries still do today. And today even the CSTO countries did not support us.

True, the IAEA is a more serious organization compared to the General Assembly, because sanctions are provided for non-compliance with its resolutions. I’m not saying that it will come to that, but there is such a possibility. However, Russia is a country with a full nuclear cycle, so these sanctions can hardly harm us. Well, they will ban the supply of uranium. Well, we have it. Technologies to enrich it? They are also available in the nuclear industry.

Moreover, Russia has something to answer. We still supply enriched uranium for nuclear power plants in the USA. And we are still participating in an international project to build an experimental thermonuclear reactor in France, operating on the tokamak principle, supplying them with our unique equipment...