The United Kingdom’s authorities announced on Monday about readiness to expand restrictive measures against Russia and introduce sanctions against the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Interfax reports.
As stated in a statement distributed to Downing Street, the head of the British Ministry of Finance “In coordination with the Governor of the Bank of England today announces the intention of the Government of Great Britain to take further restrictive economic measures” in response to the operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, “aiming restrictions against the Central Bank of Russia “.
On the eve of the EU, he finally approved the decision to freeze the assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. “Operations related to the management of reserves, as well as assets of the Central Bank of Russia, including operations with any legal entity, the organization or body acting on behalf of or on behalf of the Central Bank of Russia,” the document published in the official journal EU said . Bank of Russia Against the background of information on sanctions against the Russian financial sector, including the threat of disconnection from the SWIFT system and freezing the assets of the Central Bank itself, said that “has the necessary resources and tools to maintain financial stability and ensure the operational continuity of the financial sector.”