MOSCOW, April 25 (RAPSI) – Russian Prosecutor General’s Office became more active in return of assets acquired through criminal means in 2016 and froze funds amounting to €600 million and property worth €300 million abroad, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday citing the report of Prosecutor General Yury Chaika on the state of justice in 2016.

The Prosecutor General’s Office notes that under current currency exchange this sum amounts to 60 billion rubles.

In Switzerland authorities froze €35 million on accounts of Evgeny Puzikov and Andrey Turunov found guilty of embezzling money of MOESK company. The Office also froze €1.8 million on accounts of the defendant in fraud criminal case Vasily Smirnov and 12 million CHF on accounts of former Agriculture Minister Alexey Bazhanov charged with embezzlement of funds belonging to Rosagroleasing company and some other Russian banks.

The Office maintained freezing of assets in banks of Switzerland, Finland and Monaco, the report reads.