Ivan Chebeskov, director of the financial policy department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, said that the assets of private investors in the amount of 100 billion rubles, frozen in foreign deposits, are expected to be released by the end of this year. This was on the newspaper’s website. “News”.
According to him, there are foreigners who want to make money despite their political orientation, as well as Russians who cannot withdraw money from securities. Chebeskov believes that this is enough to accept and bring about a change.
The publication states that the Bank of Russia, together with the Ministry of Finance, has developed a draft decree that provides a mechanism for the release of blocked foreign securities.
The publication emphasizes that the assets of more than 3.5 million Russians in the amount of 1.5 trillion rubles are currently frozen.
According to Kirill Chernovol, a research associate at RANEPA’s Russia-OECD Center, if Russian and foreign regulators manage to come to an agreement, then in the future, all investors who are not covered by direct sanctions measures and whose assets are not covered by sanctions can be unlocked. .
Before that, the Swiss Ministry of Economy in the open the amount of Russian assets frozen in the country.
Previously, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation harshly raised up to 12% key rate in an unscheduled meeting.