Anne-Clair Legendre, Press Spokesperson of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with the TV channel that the current rules do not allow Russian businessmen to use the assets of 1.3 billion euros frozen in the country. LCI.
According to a representative from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European sanctions at the current stage ensure that funds are blocked, but they cannot be seized without a court order. Therefore, their transfer to Ukraine is now impossible, but as Legendre points out, the European Commission (EC) has decided to work with new proposals aimed at achieving this goal. The EC is also assessing the extent to which Europe can use funds from Russian entrepreneurs to rebuild Ukraine.
“There are many types of assets frozen under European sanctions, for example 300 billion Euros of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. [в ЕС] and the 1.3 billion euros of Russian oligarchs frozen directly in France,” added the press secretary of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Previously, Le Temps was owned by Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s largest financial conglomerate. froze Russian assets for 17.6 billion Swiss francs (more than 19 billion dollars).
Prior to this, the Prime Minister of Ukraine denied Shmygal declarationthat the country’s government plans to launch auctions for the sale of confiscated Russian property.