The French government is trying to pass a law that would help Russia to protect its assets from being frozen in business conflicts.
A government amendment to a bill on transparency and the fight against corruption says that assets could be frozen only if the state that owned them "has expressly agreed to the implementation of such a measure".
The amendment also says that assets can be frozen only when they ...
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