The ministry said in a statement that more than $30 billion in assets of sanctioned Russians have been blocked or frozen.

“Assets of the Central Bank of Russia in the amount of about $300 billion were also blocked,” the US Treasury said.

In April, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov noted that the Russian side regards the freezing of its reserves abroad as theft.

According to him, the West has frozen about $300 billion of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that more than $ 300 billion was stolen from Russia, but other countries that criticize it prefer not to talk about it.