Thursday, August 25, 2016

1:39 banks will be obliged to inform on officials with links to unwanted companies – Ura.ru

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Banks will be required to report to the authorities about the policies that are connected with undesirable organizations Photo: Vladimir Zhabrikov © URA. Ru

Rosfinmonitoring proposed to oblige banks to report to the authorities of politicians, officials and their relatives, who have links with international and foreign organizations, whose activities in Russia is recognized as undesirable, writes RBC. The purpose of such innovations, experts say, is to strengthen the control over the decision-makers

«Apparently, taking the law on adverse organizations (as well as on organizations law – Foreign Agents)., The state came from the fact that these organizations are detrimental to the public interest, – said political analyst Alexei Makarkin agency. – But the most dangerous damage from the point of view of the state, causing the connection of these organizations with the public officials who decide important public issues and influence public opinion in Russia »

Today, banks and non-credit institutions do not have to report. before Rosfinmonitoring on financial transactions “public officials”, however, market participants say, banks and non-credit institutions have this information. According to the law on counteraction to legalization and laundering and terrorist financing, financial institutions monitor all transactions in excess of 15 thousand rubles.

Recall that on unwanted foreign organizations law came into force in May 2015. Innovation prohibits these companies operate in the country and provides for punishment up to imprisonment for cooperating with them. At the moment in Russia considered undesirable seven organizations. Among them – the Investment Fund in the development of mass media and the International Republican Institute of the American senator John McCain

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