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Not legal for U.S. government to seize Russian central bank assets -Breaking

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Secretary, looks on at a hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on the Annual Report on the Financial Stability Oversight Council on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. This was held on May 12, 2022. Graeme Jennings/

BONN, Germany (Reuters – U.S. Treasury Secret Janet Yellen declared Wednesday that seizing Russian central bank assets would be illegal.

Yellen said to journalists ahead of a G7 meeting in Bonn that the United States has blocked approximately $300 billion worth of Russian assets.

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