MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. Russia considers the freeze of its overseas assets as a theft, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said during a Rossiya-24 TV broadcast.

"These funds, if they are blocked, it can be considered they were stolen. We have no access to such funds," Siluanov said.

"Funds [of foreign companies] can be unlocked immediately as soon as bans are lifted on currency deposits of the Russian Federation and currency balances of the Finance Ministry," the Minister added.