As of the end of May, the European Union (EU) froze 24.1 billion Euros in the private funds of the sanctioned Russians. writes about it Welt am Sonntag Regarding the European Commission (EC).
According to the publication, until December 2022, the EU froze Russian private assets for 18.9 billion euros. At the end of May, the frozen funds of the oligarchs amounted to 24.1 billion dollars.
Currently, it is stated that the funds of 1,473 Russian businessmen and 205 companies are subject to sanctions.
Olga Polyakova, Former Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation declarationThat Russian banks are starting to get rid of blocked assets. The representative of the Central Bank announced that one of the banks had already withdrawn frozen assets from the balance sheet: a new legal entity was created, blocked assets and liabilities to foreign creditors were transferred to it.
Before that, the representatives of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag returned With a question to the German government – how many assets of the Central Bank of Russia are frozen and whether it is possible to send them to support Ukraine.