Russian assets, including bank accounts, real estate and art objects, are frozen but not confiscated,Swiss authorities said Switzerland, which joined the EU sanctions, blocked the assets of Russians for 5.75 billion Swiss francs (about $6.17 billion), Erwin Bollinger, a spokesman for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), said,
Reuters reports. SECO oversees sanctions compliance....
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