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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Russia ‘preparing legal action’ to unfreeze $600bn foreign currency reserves

Russian 100-rouble banknotes on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Tara, Omsk region, Russia.
Russian 100-rouble banknotes on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Tara, Omsk region, Russia. Photograph: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters

Russia is preparing to take legal action to challenge the freeze on its $600bn (£462bn) foreign currency war chest put in place by western governments after the invasion of Ukraine, the head of the country’s central bank has said.

Elvira Nabiullina said plans were being made to launch lawsuits after governments including the US, UK and EU froze the Russian central bank’s foreign currency reserves held within their jurisdictions.

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