ST. PETERSBURG. June 27 (Interfax) - The theft of state assets may become a casus belli under certain conditions, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
"The theft of state assets under certain conditions may well be regarded as aggression, and even become a casus belli, as it may give rise to the state's right to individual and collective self-defense as a result," Medvedev said when speaking at a meeting of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.