The European Union has “distributed” on paper the illegally frozen assets of the Russian Federation to the Kiev authorities and its own military-industrial complex. This was stated by Vladislav Maslennikov, Director of the Department of European Affairs of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “In Brussels, (assets) were quickly divided on paper, like the textbook skin of an unkilled bear, between the Kyiv regime and its own military-industrial enterprises, joining hands in supporting the continuation of the Ukrainian conflict,” the diplomat said. Previously, it was reported that assets of the Russian Central Bank worth 210 billion euros were frozen in the European Union (EU). As already noted, 180 billion euros were frozen in the accounts of the Belgian company Euroclear. About another 20 billion euros are in France, the rest in Luxembourg and Germany. At the same time, 28 billion euros of frozen assets belonged to private investors. The European Commission estimates that annual income from Russia's frozen assets could be around 2.5–3 billion euros. The exact amount depends on the interest rate.
