First Deputy Head of the Economic Committee of the Federation Council Sergey Kalashnikov said that the West set out to withdraw Russia from the membership of the UN Security Council. "The West has launched a very powerful operation in order to throw Russia out of the UN Security Council," said Senator RIA Novosti,. According to Kalashnikov, Russia has become an inconvenient player, and this is the reason for the claims of Western countries. In order to implement this scenario, it may be necessary to reform the international organization, he added.. Referring to the statement of British Prime Minister Theresa May on the possibility of arresting Russian state assets, Kalashnikov noted that London can do this legally, because the state assets do not have diplomatic immunity.

According to the senator, Russia needs to withdraw funds invested in British securities, and begin to "invest in themselves". The anti-Russian campaign in the UK broke out after a former officer of the GRU, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, were uncovered in Salisbury on March 4. Official London said that they were poisoned with nerve gas of Russian development. On March 14, Prime Minister Teresa May announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats and the severance of contacts with Moscow at a high level.