The amount of blocked assets of Russia increased by 30%
Switzerland has already blocked assets worth 7.5 billion Swiss francs, which belonged to citizens and companies of the Russian Federation. In total, the country has between 150 and 200 billion Swiss francs of Russian assets.
This was reported by Bloomberg
According to the representative of the State Secretariat for Economics Erwin Bollinger, the amount of blocked assets of the Russian Federation increased by 30% compared to March 24. At that time, Russian assets were blocked for only 5.75 billion francs. Now this amount has reached 7.5 billion Swiss francs or 8 billion dollars.
Russia's assets in Switzerland range from 150 to 200 billion Swiss francs. Let me clarify that not every Russian here is under sanctions.
He pointed out that there are about 900 people on the sanctions list, but “very few” of them own real estate in Switzerland, and even fewer are taxpayers – no more than 100.
As the Sundries reported earlier, the United States imposed a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. He touched on the banking sector of the aggressor country and individuals, including Vladimir Putin’s daughters.
In turn, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a really “painful” package of sanctions against Russia is needed to prevent a new bloody wave in Donbass.
