France blocked the assets of the Russians for €850 million

France "immobilized" the assets of Russian "oligarchs" for €850 million, including two yachts of €150 million each Amore Vero yacht in the port of the Mediterranean resort of La Ciotat,France

Since the beginning of March, the French authorities have blocked the assets of Russian "oligarchs" worth € 850 million, which were in French jurisdiction, said the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic, Bruno Le Maire, on the air of the Grand Jury program, RTL reports.

“This is almost a billion euros, or rather €850 million, that have been immobilized,” Le Maire said.

The minister clarified that this refers, in particular, to €150 million in French bank accounts, another €539 million was the cost of about 30 blocked real estate objects and two yachts of €150 million each. Le Maire stressed that these accounts and objects properties are not arrested in the legal sense of this term, but their owners are not yet entitled to dispose of them, sell them or receive income from them.

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In early March, Le Maire spoke about the arrest in the port city of La Ciotat of the yacht Amore Vero, which belongs to a company whose main shareholder, according to Paris, is the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. “A yacht owned by a Russian oligarch has been arrested. Thanks to the French customs officers who ensure compliance with EU sanctions against those close to the Russian authorities,” the minister said.