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MOSCOW, April 15 (Reuters) - The Russian broker

organising a frozen asset swap scheme that could free up

stranded funds for Russian and non-resident investors has seen

tens of billions of roubles of demand from foreigners including

U.S. banks and funds, it said on Monday.

Moscow presents the plan as a way for both Russian and

foreign investors to free up assets that have been blocked by

Western sanctions and Russian counter-measures since the start

of the conflict in Ukraine more than two years ago.