Austria has frozen Russian assets worth almost 2 billion euros

This was announced by the Minister of Finance of the country

 20 APRIL 2023, 22:06

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Austria has frozen Russian financial assets worth almost 2 billion euros.

Source. This was announced by Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner.

"The effective application of sanctions against Russia is in the interests of Austria, Europe and the United States. We support Western sanctions against the aggressor and have frozen almost 2 billion euros in financial assets since the beginning of the war," Brunner wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

Background. Earlier it was reported that Austria refuses to help Ukraine with demining during the war.

At the same time, the country has agreed to arrest Putin if he comes to Austria.

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