Due to the armed invasion of Ukraine, the International Group on Combating Dirty Money Laundering (FATF) has removed Russia from influence on decision-making in the organization, and is considering adding the Russian Federation to the " This is stated in a letter from FATF President Markus Pleyer to the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine (financial intelligence unit, - ed.. ) Igor Cherkassky, available to ZN. U.A..

" The FATF is closely monitoring the situation and it can be noted that the influence of the Russian Federation on the FATF has significantly decreased,"

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Also, according to the head of the FATF, the issue of adding Russia to the sanctions list is under consideration..

" This issue is being resolved in accordance with the procedure,"

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Recall that the FATF black list is a list of countries that do not comply with international standards related to cash flows generated from criminal activities and aimed at financing terrorism.. The inclusion of a country in this list automatically deprives it of international support, and legal entities and individuals from these countries experience maximum difficulties during international activities. In addition to the FATF blacklist, there is also a graylist. The latter contains countries under the increased control of the organization. "

Earlier, the State Financial Monitoring Service sent facts against the Russian Federation as a terrorist country to the FATF several times.. In particular, in early March, the State Financial Monitoring Service reported on a vivid manifestation of nuclear terrorism by Russia - the armed seizure of Europe's largest Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is 10 times more powerful than the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.. The station is under the occupation of the Russian Federation to this day.

Gosfinmonitoring also sent a petition to exclude the Russian Federation from the FATF and EGMONT GROUP.

The State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine has officially submitted the candidacy of the Russian Federation to the ICRG process through the MONEYVAL Secretariat.

It is also known that this week the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Serhiy Marchenko, addressed 37 finance ministers of the member countries and observers of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) with a request to consider the possibility of excluding the Russian Federation from the FATF and including it in the " The reason for this is Russia's gross violation of the general principles of the FATF, non-compliance with the FATF standards and its impact on the security situation in Ukraine and the world..

Recent events indicate that the Russian Federation is abusing its position as a member of the FATF, does not comply with the standards of this organization. In addition, Russia is undermining global efforts to prevent terrorist financing, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and money laundering..