The statement emphasizes the consistency of Washington and Brussels’ “long-term political, financial, humanitarian and military support to Ukraine.” It is interesting that the head of the Russian Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, previously warned that unfriendly countries may be subject to appropriate retaliatory measures for using income from “frozen” Russian assets.
In Russia, proceeds from securities owned by “hostile” non-residents are blocked in special ruble accounts known as “type C”. The actual amount of funds in these accounts was disclosed only once, in November 2022, and at that time it exceeded 280 billion rubles. But in the first half of 2023, Belgian custodian Euroclear gained 1.7 billion euros from frozen Russian assets.
Source: Ferra
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