As a mirror measure, Russia froze the assets of international depositories Euroclear and Clearstream for a total of approximately 229.1 billion rubles (€2.6 billion). It has been reported forbes with reference to last year’s company reports.
The report of the Belgian company Euroclear states that at the end of 2022, 188.5 billion rubles and 28.9 billion rubles were blocked on accounts of type “C” and “I”, respectively. The summary of Luxembourg Clearstream shows the total value of funds frozen in the Russian Federation at 134.1 million euros (approximately 11.7 billion rubles).
According to the publication, the assets of Russian companies and citizens blocked due to restrictions were estimated by the National Reconciliation Depot (NSD) in January of this year at about 5.7 trillion rubles, which is currently 25 times higher than the assets of Euroclear and Clearstream. frozen.
Dmitry Birichevsky, former Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia declarationNSD and domestic brokerage firms are working to expose the assets of the Russian Federation.