Lithuania froze large funds of Russians and Belarusians

Lithuanian authorities froze millions of dollars, euros and hundreds of thousands of rubles on the basis of anti-Russian sanctions introduced by the European Union and the United States in connection with the events in Ukraine against Russia and Belarus, the Lithuanian financial crime investigation service reported.

“with respect to seven legal entities on sanctions frozen funds for € 19.215 million and $ 2.071 million. Money transfers were also blocked from such persons in Lithuanian financial institutions for € 1,063 million, $ 1.348 million and 546 thousand rubles,” in the message. The service does not specify, for what time funds are frozen. Representatives of Belarus are subjected to such measures. Sanctions totaling € 45.7 thousand. Applied to the three legal and one physical face from this country.