European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said that the European Commission and the European Union are still waiting for an opportunity to seize private Russian assets frozen in the EU. It has been reported DEA News.
“We continue to work with Member States on frozen assets exceeding €24 billion. We are trying to find a way to seize some of these assets for crimes such as corruption, money laundering or sanctions violations,” he said.
On 27 May, Welt am Sonntag, referring to the European Commission, stated that by the end of May in the European Union frozen 24.1 billion euros in private funds of sanctioned Russians. Currently, it has been announced that the funds of 1473 Russian businessmen and 205 companies are within the scope of sanctions.
Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Olga Polyakova, stated that the Russian banks had begun. to be saved from blocked assets. According to him, one of the banks has already withdrawn frozen assets from the balance: a new legal entity was created, blocked assets and liabilities to foreign creditors were transferred to it.
Before that, 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.
Source: Gazeta
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