GENEVA - The Geneva prosecutor's office says Swiss authorities have frozen assets belonging to a Russian banker once close to President Vladimir Putin. Spokesman Henri Della Casa of the Geneva prosecutor's office declined to specify the amount of assets frozen, but said the move came after Russia requested legal assistance from Switzerland in the case centering on Sergei Pugachev.
Associated Press: Swiss authorities freeze assets of former Putin aide
Russian magnate Sergei Pugachev (L) arrives with French star Catherine Deneuve (C) and Prince Albert of Monaco for the inauguartion of a new Hediard shop in Monaco on May 11, 2010.
