SBU announced the transfer of "Russian assets" to the state for $ 210 million

Within a week, the assets of 19 companies worth more than UAH 7.7 billion (more than $210 million), which were controlled by Russian corporations and banks, were transferred to state management. This was announced by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in its Telegram channel. The message, in particular, mentions Rosatom, Gazprom, Rusal and Tatneft.

The representative of Rosatom declined to comment on RBC. RBC sent inquiries to Gazprom, Rusal and Tatneft.

The SBU seized the assets of Medvedchuk and his wife in the amount of more than $1 million Politics

In early March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law allowing law enforcement agencies to forcibly seize all property of Russia and its citizens in the country.

In early July, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine announced the arrest of assets related to Russia for $ 200 million. The agency did not specify which companies it was talking about. Prosecutors said that the founders and owners of the enterprises were four Russian citizens who were engaged in "illegal operations for the legalization of proceeds from crime."

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In the Kremlin, the arrest of Russian assets abroad was called theft. President Vladimir Putin has previously argued that the seizure of foreign assets and accounts of Russian companies and individuals should be a lesson for business, as "there is nothing more reliable than investing in your own country." He later stated that "stealing other people's assets" does not lead to anything good and only brings problems to those who do it.

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