The Bank of Russia demanded in a court of first instance in Belgium to seize documents from Euroclear for cooperating with the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to block the functioning of the judicial system, the Echo newspaper said. The Russian regulator asked to send a lawyer to the depository's headquarters in Belgium, where 210 billion euros in Russian assets have been blocked since 2022.

The Bank of Russia demanded in a court of first instance in Belgium to seize documents from Euroclear for cooperating with the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to block the functioning of the judicial system, the Echo newspaper said. The Russian regulator asked to send a lawyer to the depository's headquarters in Belgium, where 210 billion euros in Russian assets have been blocked since 2022.