Italian Premier Mario Draghi said
Monday that other countries should follow Italy's example after
it froze assets belonging to several Russian oligarchs at the
weekend in application of sanctions imposed over Moscow's
invasion of Ukraine.
"I'd really like to see similar measures taken by all our
countries," Draghi said in English during a joint press
conference with European Commission President Ursula von der
Leyen before the two leaders had talks in Brussels.
"Now we must all be rapid in the implementation of this".
At the weekend, the Italian government said that it had
impounded assets worth a total of around 140 million euro from
Russian oligarchs.
These assets included a yacht worth around 65 million euros
belonging to metals magnate Alexei Mordashov, one worth around
50 million owned by billionaire Gennady Timshenko and a
Sardinian property belonging to another magnate, Alisher
Usmanov.
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