PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government said on Wednesday it froze Russian state-owned properties in the Czech Republic, expanding a sanctions list set up in retaliation for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The government press office said the EU country widened its national sanctions list to include a Russian company, which is controlled by the Russian presidential administration, and is in charge of managing Russian assets abroad.
"The company's commercial activities are as of today illegal, as well as circumventing and violating this sanction, and its entire assets in the Czech Republic have been frozen," it said.
In the Czech Republic, the Russian company manages a number of real estate properties, the Czech government said.
The Czech sanctions list goes beyond the EU's sanctions packages and includes six other entities or persons.
Persons:
Putin, CTK, Jan Lipavsky, Jan Lopatka, Matthew Lewis
Locations:
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