By Christoph B. Schiltz.
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Brussels has made significant progress in sanctioning Russian oligarchs in Europe.
To date, people on sanctions lists for supporting Putin's war have lost luxury yachts, helicopters, paintings, real estate and other assets worth more than of 12.5 billion euros.
The European Union has frozen half of those assets since April alone.
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The amount of frozen assets belonging to Russian oligarchs has almost doubled, from 6.7 billion euros in April to just over 12.5 billion euros currently
," the German daily told the weekend.
Die Welt
the spokesperson for the European Commission for Justice and the Rule of Law.
Public and private funds
In European Commission circles, the sharp increase in these frozen assets is largely attributed to the fact that, in recent weeks, many assets have been located and confiscated in Germany, in particular
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