France is not going to transfer the frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to Ukraine

France does not plan to transfer the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank to Ukraine. According to TASS, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said this at a press conference.

“Currently, there are no plans to transfer the frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to Ukraine,” Le Drian said.

Earlier it was reported that French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire announced a “freeze” of funds from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in the amount of 22 billion euros, as well as accounts and real estate of individuals who fell under sanctions. According to him, real estate with a total value of “half a billion euros”, which in total is owned by about 30 Russians, fell under the “freeze”.

March 13 in an interview with the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on the TV channel “Russia-1”, the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov stated that half of the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia – about $ 300 billion – were frozen due to sanctions.

Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”

In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.