The 12th package of of EU sanctions against Russia, which is expected to be approved this week, may include Russia's financial intelligence agency, Rosfinmonitoring, and its director Yuri Chikhanchin. This is stated in the draft sanctions list, which was reviewed by the investigative project of Radio Liberty and "Spravzhne Chasu "System", reports UNN.
According to the draft, the sanctions are proposed to be imposed through Rosfinmonitoring's cooperation with the Russian Defense Ministry in securing state defense orders and adding Kremlin critics to the list of terrorists and extremists. Previously, Chikhanchin has already been sanctioned by the United States, Ukraine, Canada and Australia, and Rosfinmonitoring is on the sanctions lists of New Zealand, Ukraine and Canada
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It is noted that the official activity of Rosfinmonitoring is to counteract money laundering of illegal proceeds and terrorist financing.
Sanctions against this agency may lead to the fact that financial intelligence agencies of EU countries and countries that want to join the European Union will refuse to share any information with Russia, said Ilya information with Russia, said Ilya Shumanov.
At the same time most EU countries have already refused to exchange information with Rosfinmonitoring, however, Shumanov does not rule out that cooperation in some cases continues. for example, in matters of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Before Before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, almost all European financial intelligence agencies cooperated with Rosfinmonitoring to one degree or another. Almost all European financial intelligence agencies cooperated with Rosfinto to some extent.
According to Shumanov, the EU sanctions against Rosfinmonitoring may affect the status of Russia's status in the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), making it more likely to be included in the so-called gray list. This, in turn, may lead to additional problems for Russian citizens when opening accounts or acquiring assets abroad.
Addendum
The day before it became that Austria withdrew its objection to the 12th package of sanctions after Ukraine suspended the inclusion of Raiffeisen Bank International in the list of "international sponsors of war".