Moscow Warns of End to Russia–US Relations If Assets Seized: TASS

A Russian flag flies next to the U.S. embassy building in Moscow, Russia, on July 31, 2017. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

MOSCOW—Any possible seizure of Russian assets by the United States will completely destroy Moscow’s bilateral relations with Washington, TASS quoted the head of the North American Department at the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Saturday.

Russia’s relations with the West have deteriorated sharply since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, calling it a “special military operation.”