Russian state has claimed assets worth $28.7 billion, prosecutor says

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has present transferred spot worthy 2.4 trillion roubles ($28.7 billion) to the state, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said connected Wednesday.

Krasnov did not specify a clip frame, but Moscow started seizing spot soon aft the commencement of the struggle successful Ukraine.

Through lawsuits, Russia has quickened the gait of home plus seizures this year, with courts already ruling that a starring atom trader, Moscow's sprawling Domodedovo airport, strategical warehouse assets and a zinc and pb shaper beryllium handed implicit to the state.

Krasnov, astatine a gathering with President Vladimir Putin, said 5 strategical enterprises, 4 of which had been "under overseas control", person been brought nether authorities ownership.

"In total, done the court, we person recovered spot worthy much than 2.4 trillion roubles successful favour of the state," Krasnov said.

Krasnov said institution owners had withdrawn profits from Russia, failed to put successful infrastructure and not paid taxes successful full, without naming circumstantial companies.

Foreign companies person grappled with the hazard of authorities seizure ever since Russia sent troops into Ukraine successful February 2022, but Moscow, nether the auspices of strategical stableness and home security, has progressively brought home assets excessively into the crosshairs.

($1 = 83.5705 roubles)

(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya, Anastasia Lyrchikova and Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow and Toby Chopra)