Representatives of “Yandex.Of money,” said that soon any individual will not be allowed to collect money for political purposes through the service. About it “lente.ru” have told in a press-service of the company, responding to a question about financing presidential campaign of Alexei Navalny.
“the Law requires us to limit the use of electronic wallets in order to and ways from the point of view of the legislation can be interpreted ambiguously,” — said the sides of the portal. What requirement of the law is the reason and what was the reason for such measures, the company said.
“We made the decision to change the terms of use and to make a point, limiting the collection of wallet funds for political purposes. This limitation is a standard for electronic payments market. Changes will be posted on the website in the coming days,” — said representatives of “Yandex.Money.”
Similar restrictions on fundraising for political campaigns will also apply to payment systems QIWI and PayPal.
the press service stressed that the Fund is a legal entity still can use the “Yandex.Cash” to collect donations from individuals in any amount (that is Bulk can raise money through the Fund of struggle against corruption).
Earlier on January 23 the opposition leader in his blog complained that a week after the start of the fundraiser received a message from “Yandex.Money” that the Bank requires, under any pretext to close the purse supporter of Navalny Leonid Volkov. In his account of money collected in support of nominating Navalny for President (to date the amount reached 12.7 million).
According to the opposition, and then, on 20 January, the wolves received a letter from the service stating that “the use of purse in your designated order may be regarded by the regulator as being contrary to the law on elections”. In this regard, “Yandex.Money” asked to stop to use the wallet to “specified order”, if this is not done, the company will waive the contract.
the Russian presidential Election will be held in March 2018. Navalny plans to participate.
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