France launched an investigation into the assets of Russian businessmen

The prosecutor's office will study under what conditions Russian businessmen were able to accumulate "significant real estate assets" in France.This country is among the top 6 European countries in terms of frozen Russian assets The building of the National Financial Prosecutor's Office of France

The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office has launched a preliminary investigation into the assets of Russian businessmen in the country, Le Parisien reported.

The prosecutor's office will study under what conditions entrepreneurs were able to accumulate "significant real estate assets" in France.

According to the department, the investigation was launched on July 1 by the Central Office for Combating Major Financial Crimes. The case was opened after a complaint filed in Paris at the end of May by the anti-corruption non-governmental organization Transparency International (its Russian branch was recognized by the Russian Ministry of Justice as an NGO-foreign agent). “Entrepreneurs and high-ranking officials” were suspected of money laundering, TASS clarifies.

The EU named the countries - leaders in terms of the volume of frozen Russian assets Politics

From late February to mid-July, the European Union froze the assets of Russian businessmen, individuals and legal entities that fell under sanctions , in the amount of €13.8 billion, said European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders. According to him, most of this amount - € 12.7 billion falls on six states: Germany, Ireland and France, as well as Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg, while other EU countries "report only very small amounts."

Deputy HEAD of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev compared the restrictive measures against entrepreneurs to the Inquisition and warned that Western authorities would face a large number of lawsuits because of their desire to abolish the ownership of Russian businesses.

A number of Russian businessmen who fell under the sanctions have already challenged this decision in the EU COURT. Among them are Roman Abramovich, Pyotr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, Alexei Mordashov and Alisher Usmanov. According to Friedman, Western countries imposing restrictions do not understand “how power in RUSSIA actually works,” while the distance between the Russian leadership and anyone else is “like the distance between the Earth and space.”

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