MOSCOW. March 24 (Interfax) - The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has enforced the seizure of almost 1 billion euro in illegally exported assets and real estate abroad, said Prosecutor General Yury Chaika.
"In 2014 alone courts in France and Italy ordered the seizure of real estate worth over 300 million euro. Bank accounts worth over half a billion euros, belonging to people charged in Russia, were frozen in Switzerland," Chaika told senior prosecutors in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Special attention is being given to the repatriation of assets obtained illegally," he said on prosecutors' operations abroad.
"A chill in relations between Russia and some countries have not impacted the scope of international cooperation," he said.
Russian prosecutors remain actively involved in the effort to enforce the extradition of Russian criminals and suspects, Chaika said.
The prosecutor general urged prosecuors to abide by citizens' constitutional rights while implementing foreign colleagues' extradition requests.