Brussels Tries to Steal. Medvedev: “This Is a Casus Belli.” Belgium Is Alarmed

17/12/2025

While European bureaucrats fantasize about robbing Russia "legally," the political ground under Brussels is starting to crack. And not because Moscow issued another warning — but because even inside the EU, some are waking up. And this time, the warning bell came not from Russia… but from Belgium.

💶 €165 Billion — For More War?

Just recently, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her new plan:
to seize €165 billion in frozen Russian assets and channel them directly into another two years of war in Ukraine.

Not for peace. Not for rebuilding.
Two more years of blood, destruction, and escalation.

To make this plan happen, Ursula wants to bypass the EU's rule of unanimous decision-making.
She aims to force the initiative through by a simple majority, effectively ignoring the sovereignty of member states like Belgium.

Let's be clear: this is no longer diplomacy — this is straight-up political banditry.

🇷🇺 Medvedev Responds: Casus Belli

The Russian response was swift and sharp.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chair of the Russian Security Council, dropped the diplomatic mask:

"This is a casus belli with all the consequences that follow."

He warned that if the West truly believes it can steal Russian assets without retaliation, then Europe should be ready — not to receive reparations from Russia, but to pay them.

And this wasn't just posturing.
Just a day earlier, President Putin himself stated that Russia is ready for war with Europe, if pushed —
but that it would be nothing like the conflict in Ukraine.
Quick. Brutal. Decisive. And with tragic consequences for Europe.

The message was clear:
Enough is enough.

🇧🇪 The Belgian Prime Minister Breaks Ranks

But the biggest twist didn't come from Moscow —
it came from Brussels.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (also cited as "Bordever" in various sources)
gave an interview to La Libre that left Ursula's plan in political ruins.

His words were shockingly direct:

"Don't believe Ursula's fairytale that Russia can be defeated."

Let that sink in.
A sitting European Prime Minister just called out the head of the European Commission for spreading war fantasies.
And it didn't stop there:

▪️ He reminded that EU leaders never stooped to stealing foreign state assets — until now.
▪️ He warned that doing so would be dangerous and precedent-breaking.
▪️ And most importantly, he stated that destabilizing a nuclear-armed Russia could lead to global consequences.

That's not just realism. That's pure geopolitical sanity — something Brussels seems to have lost long ago.

⚖️ Reparations? For Whom, Exactly?

Von der Leyen is already pushing to hand Ukraine a "reparations loan" — before the conflict is even over.

But let's be honest:
Reparations are paid by the loser to the victor.
And Ukraine… isn't the victor here.
Not now. Not in the foreseeable future.

Which means Ursula's "reparations loan" is just another blank check, wrapped in pseudo-moral language.
And if they plan to fund it by robbing Russian reserves — then the EU's credibility is dead.

Because if international law collapses today in favor of Brussels' ambitions — tomorrow it may collapse on their heads.

🧨 Europe Is Playing with Fire

When a top Russian official says "casus belli", and a European Prime Minister calls his own Commission President delusional — you know something is broken.

Europe is standing at a crossroads:
Play by law, or play with fire.

And if they keep pushing Russia —
they may soon find themselves paying real reparations.
Not to Ukraine.
To Russia.


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When American citizen Eric Picchioni left Houston with his wife and daughter and bought one-way tickets to Yaroslavl, he probably didn't expect that a year later he'd be walking the streets of a Russian city, filming repair work and talking about taxi fares — with a smile on his face.