The US Treasury Department said the Russian Federation’s sovereign assets, temporarily blocked under sanctions due to the conflict in Ukraine, are estimated at $280 billion and are mostly located in the European Union. This has been reported DEA News.
The Ministry stressed that the initial inspection of Russian sovereign assets immobilized and held in the jurisdictions of “REPO group member states (“Russian elites, proxies and oligarchs”) was evaluated by experts from the United States, Australia, Canada and Russia. European Commission, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Great Britain.
The Finance Ministry added that the states have pledged to hold Russia’s sovereign assets until they can compensate for the damage done to Ukraine.
Press spokesperson for Russian President Dmitry Peskov before that exposed He strongly criticized the US decision to transfer the seized Russian assets to the veterans of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and stressed that Moscow would not leave it unanswered.
Peskov stressed that Russia will not leave a single case of this type unattended.
Formerly US Treasury extended Sanctions against Russia.