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The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth about 68 billion euros, most of which are in Belgium, writes Politico, citing an internal EU document.
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Belgium has frozen 50 billion euros, Luxembourg is in second place in terms of the amount of frozen Russian assets - 5.5 billion euros. According to the publication, these countries, together with Italy, Germany, Ireland, /2

Austria and France, account for more than 90% of the frozen assets.
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This figure also includes Russia's national reserves, but the document received by the editors only gives an approximate figure of 33.8 billion euros, indicating that "the assessment of this amount is ongoing, therefore it is not subject to citation."
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The US, EU and other countries have imposed sanctions and frozen the assets of Russia and Russian oligarchs in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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In the summer, the US Treasury Department announced the blocking of assets of Russian oligarchs and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in the amount of more than $330 billion.
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US President Joe Biden said that the US authorities would take action against Russian oligarchs. “We will do everything to deprive them of this money that they have accumulated, their luxurious houses, real estate – what belongs to Putin’s kleptocracy,” he said. /7

which has been inflicted on Ukraine".
The UK has frozen the assets of Russian individuals and legal entities in the amount of over $20.5 billion. This applies to those who fell under the sanctions.
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Frozen assets include stakes in companies and cash in bank accounts. We are not talking about physical assets, such as real estate or assets located on the islands of Guernsey and Jersey.

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