The EU reported on the frozen Russian assets of almost € 30 billion

The countries of the European Union have frozen Russian assets in the amount of €29.5 billion, these are not only accounts, but also various property, according to a press release from the European Commission. “More than half of Member States <...> have reported €29.5bn worth of asset freezes, including assets worth almost €6.7bn worth of ships, helicopters, real estate and works of art. about €196 billion of transactions were blocked,” the report says.

The data was provided in the context of a meeting of the Assets Freeze Task Force with representatives from the United States and Ukraine, which discussed enforcement of sanctions against RUSSIA. The group, among other things, is studying the links “between assets belonging to persons included in the EU sanctions list and criminal activity”, and for this, information on already frozen assets was requested. it clarifies that the assets of sanctioned persons “should be frozen as a temporary administrative measure without any advantage or detriment.”

The authorities of many European countries have repeatedly announced the freezing of Russian assets. France on March 20 announced that it had "immobilized" the assets of the Russian "oligarchs" for €850 million: €150 million in French bank accounts, about 30 blocked properties worth €539 million and two yachts of €150 million.

Germany froze €95 million on March 21. On April 1, Italy indicated that it had seized €900 million worth of property from Russians who fell under the sanctions . On the same day, the Netherlands reported on blocking €516 million, Latvia — €55 million. 49 properties were frozen for €100 million.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called the freezing of the assets of Russian businessmen a "robbery". “These are absolutely honest legal entrepreneurs. They were robbed. They were robbed in the same way that travelers were robbed with the help of Smith and Wesson in the Wild West, ”Peskov said.