OREANDA-NEWS  Euroclear and Clearstream have blocked the assets of Russians worth 5.7 trillion rubles, said Olga Shishlyannikova, director of the Department of Investment Financial Intermediaries of the Bank of Russia. Of these, 20% are the assets of retail investors. "On blocked assets. As of November 30, according to the reports, we have 5.7 trillion rubles of blocked assets, of which slightly more than 20% are assets owned by retail investors," Ms. Shishlyannikova said at the Kommersant conference "The Russian Financial Market in the face of global challenges. Results and forecasts".

Earlier, foreign depositories Euroclear and Clearstream blocked the account of the Russian NSD due to the introduction of EU sanctions against it. The European Commission named the conditions under which the assets of Russians can be unblocked. One of them is obtaining permission from European regulators. In addition, the Central Bank proposed to create a fund to compensate for the losses of Russians over time.