"Under Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, which imposed the European Union’s sanctions on President Yanukovych, EU Member States and others were required to inform the European Commission immediately of all and any information that they had regarding funds and economic resources owned or controlled by President Yanukovych which were frozen in accordance with the Regulation," the press release says.
"Despite the passage of three and a half years since the sanctions were imposed, and the reporting requirement just referred to, the European Commission has now formally confirmed that it has not received under that Article any information on funds or economic resources owned or controlled by President Yanukovych which were frozen as a result of the EU Sanctions," it said.
Read alsoSwitzerland seizes almost $105 mln in Ukrainian gold as part of money-laundering probeIn 2014 Switzerland froze CHF 70 million, which, as claimed by the Ukrainian authorities, belonged to Viktor Yanukovych. The ousted ex-president has repeatedly claimed that he has no bank accounts or other assets in any other country, except Ukraine.
In March 2017, Swiss authorities confirmed that there are no bank accounts or other assets in the name of Yanukovych in Switzerland.
Read alsoYanukovych, Lavrynovych suspected of seizing power via constitutional coup - PGOAs UNIAN reported earlier, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko stated that all the necessary measures were being taken to recover half a tonne of gold allegedly owned by Yanukovych's associate.
