Anton Ivanov, the official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, told reporters that the Investigative Committee of Russia initiated a criminal case on the illegal seizure of assets by the Ukrainian authorities, based on the materials of the Prosecutor General’s Office. According to the report of one of the largest Russian banks TASS.
Ivanov noted that the Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating the illegal confiscation of assets of one of the main banks of the Russian Federation by Kiev and hindering the financial activities of the subsidiary credit institution in Ukraine.
“The materials made it possible to establish that the top officials of the Kiev regime, represented by the top political leadership of the country, want to harm the interests of the Russian Federation, the Russian bank and the citizens of Ukraine. It has limited the activities of its long-time customer, the Russian bank and its subsidiary, to the territory of the country,” he said.
Ivanov did not specify which bank he was referring to.
Formerly the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced Russian assets were confiscated for $27 million.