OREANDA-NEWS  London has frozen Russian assets worth more than 18 billion pounds since the end of February, according to the annual report of the UK Financial Sanctions Enforcement Authority (OFSI).

"From February 22 to October 20, 2022, OFSI reported frozen funds totaling 18.39 billion pounds held by or on behalf of persons, included in the anti-Russian sanctions list," the document says.

At the same time, as noted in the report, in September 2021, this amount was only 44.5 million pounds.
According to OFSI, in the period from February 22 to August 24, 2022, 1,271 persons fell under anti-Russian sanctions. Since February 24, 33 general licenses have also been issued.