The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service said it froze Russian and Belarusian assets worth more than 85 million euros as part of European Union sanctions imposed in connection with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lithuania.

It is reported that as of December 20, 2022, EUR 77.883 million of sanctioned nine legal entities from the Russian Federation, as well as USD 9.457 million belonging to six legal entities and one individual from the Republic of Belarus, were blocked in Lithuania..

The statement added that the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service is engaged in the prevention and investigation of crimes in the financial sector, in particular money laundering, misuse of EU funds, "

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Recall, earlier it was reported that Germany froze the assets of Russian oligarchs for only 5 billion euros.. The process is moving slowly due to the imperfection of the system, and sanctioned persons are in no hurry to report.