Almost €900m of Russian assets frozen by Ireland

Almost €900m worth of Russian assets have been frozen by Ireland under sanctions aimed at financially crippling top officials, businessmen, and politicians linked to Vladimir Putin. Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Almost €900m worth of Russian assets have been frozen by Ireland under sanctions aimed at financially crippling top officials, businessmen, and politicians linked to Vladimir Putin.

Nearly 700 individuals have been placed on an EU blacklist as part of a raft of sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of the Ukrainian invasion, with member states ordered to freeze bank accounts and other assets.