Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s largest financial conglomerate, froze Russian assets for 17.6 billion Swiss francs (more than 19 billion dollars). knowledgeable Le Temps newspaper.
As the newspaper noted, the Swiss authorities officially froze 7.5 billion francs as sanctions against Moscow.
Of the 17.6 billion francs of Russian assets blocked by a Swiss bank, only 4 billion francs belong to individuals included in the Swiss sanctions list. The remaining 13.6 billion belongs to people who come under sanctions in other states, including money from the Central Bank of Russia.
Press service of the Swiss Ministry of Economy in the first half of December knowledgeable On the freezing of Russian financial assets of 7.5 billion francs or 7.94 billion dollars.
This week, the European Union (EU) legal service de facto approvedWho does not know where 86% of the “frozen” assets of the Central Bank of Russia of $ 258 billion are located.