Moscow considers the blocking, seizure or retention of its state assets and reserves, as well as those of its citizens, to be illegal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. He was responding to a question during a press briefing about a promise by the US to transfer frozen Russian funds to Ukraine.

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Lars Lokke Rasmussen has said that attacks against the Muslim holy book only sow division Denmark will look for a legal mechanism to stop the public burning of the Quran, which has caused protests and fury across the Muslim world, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Sunday.