The Russian “Sberbank” identifies people who raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and sends information to Rosfinmonitoring about transfers, the possible purpose of which is donations for military purposes.
Sberbank claims that they are guided by the legislation of the Russian Federation, instructions in the provisions of the Central Bank and their own internal regulations.
This was reported by TASS with reference to a letter signed by the deputy head of the bank, Bella Zlatkis, to Yana Lantratova, the first deputy head of the Russian State Duma committee on education.
“Fundraisers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine are identified by the bank both independently using a set of various tools, including monitoring social networks, and through information received from third parties. Based on the data received, an analysis of the client’s suspicious activity is carried out by the bank’s specialized services,” the letter says.
Sberbank reported that the bank is “considering the issue of exercising on such operations (aimed at military purposes – ed.) the right provided for in paragraph 11 of article 7 of the federal law “On countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism “and sends information to Rosfinmonitoring in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 7 of the said law.”
Recall that Sberbank and a number of other Russian banks are threatened with disconnection from SWIFT – such a clause is contained in the sixth package of sanctions that the EU plans to impose against Russia for invading Ukraine.
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