J'Accuse of Saturday, December 20, 2025: Russian Assets in Western Banks and Today's Attack on a Russian Oil Tanker in the Mediterranean

 J'Accuse of Saturday, December 20, 2025: Russian Assets in Western Banks and Today's Attack on a Russian Oil Tanker in the Mediterranean

Hitler e l'arrivo alla Cancelleria nel 1933

I continue yesterday's J'Accuse by addressing two issues related to the war in Ukraine, or rather, the war between Russia and the West: this is the right name, especially given the facts under examination. The first concerns the so-called Russian Assets, meaning the hundreds of billions of euros in Western banks, invested in stocks and shares, which represent a vast treasure of Russian oligarchs with ties to the Kremlin. No one would have ever imagined since the war began that it would reach this level of international theft and piracy perpetrated by Western governments themselves. Precisely when former President Biden, the great architect and leader of this war, gave his approval to Ukraine's military and political support, no one would have imagined that it would last until today and would require immense sacrifices and contributions both from Trump's USA, which no longer wants to finance it, and from European warmongers who today, given the level of indebtedness and the involvement of their own finances, including in the rearmament requested and undertaken, want to continue it with funds not their own, and Russian assets are an illegal and illegitimate resource for winning it. This entire matter, inconsistent with even the principles of law, was discussed at the last two-day European Council in Brussels and pitted the warmongering party led by Germany, the United Kingdom, and France against the pro-Russian and Trumpian party represented by Meloni, Orban, and the Czech Prime Minister. At the end of a grueling session, it became clear that the financial and international law adopted by individual European countries would never have supported this theft, especially one orchestrated and supported by actors who themselves were committed to respecting the law: no judge in the European Union would have upheld the use of other people's assets for dubious military purposes, on which much of Western public opinion is divided. If anything, in the case of the "three little pigs"—referring to Macron, Merz, and Starmer, as Putin sarcastically called them—they would have dragged Europe into this affair. Not only would they 7be held accountable at the end of their respective mandates, but so would their countries, should the courts decide the operation was illegal. But this affair also speaks to the confusion and desperation these leaders are experiencing. Russia is unable to be reined in, and how can this situation be reversed? Obviously, the use of Russian assets has been defined by Putin himself as a casus belli, that is, a case of war. It is war, and only war, that we see in the absence of openness and reasonableness on the part of the Europeans, who are lying when they say that handing over the Dombas means allowing Putin to annex other territories. We cannot speak of peace and good neighborliness without talking to the other side, without resolving the crises and issues at stake! Thus, this crisis reminds us of the one a century ago when Weimar Germany was occupied, besieged, and forced to pay compensation for the damages of the First World War. The vengeful and humiliating logic employed in the Versailles Treaties has backfired, and economic sanctions and the payment of war reparations were precisely the basis for the rise of National Socialism and Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Today, the same style, the same mentality of superiority and political stupidity, is being used, and the result is a war that is spreading, including attacks on Russian oil tankers in the Mediterranean, something the Europeans engineered and allowed the Ukrainians to do. This too is another casus belli, and Moscow is forced to respond appropriately. We'll see what the results of today's talks in Miami, USA, will be, where Russian and Amerincans will evaluate other plans and proposals. But the real protagonists, financiers, and shipowners of Ukraine are silent, and their silence is fraught with confusion and, I would say, political responsibility toward their countries and their consciences. The question we must all ask: is it right to sacrifice Europe for the political and economic conquest of Ukraine?