Sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine created the motivation for regime change for those who fell under them, said in an interview with ZN. UA director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of Alexei Navalny Vladimir Ashurkov, with whom Inna Vedernikova spoke. He also explained why the United States was called to help with the collection of data on Russian corrupt officials..

“It seems to me that the motivation has been created - those who fell under the sanctions understand that they will be able to free themselves from them only when the regime in Russia changes. At the same time, it is naive to expect that one of the businessmen can somehow directly influence Putin and his aggressive policy.. However, large Russian businessmen are quite resourceful and creative people.. They can develop and implement a plan on how to achieve change in Russia,” Ashurkov said..

Answering the question whether FBK intends to cooperate within the framework of the US Treasury proposals in terms of payment for the information provided on the assets of Russian oligarchs, he noted that the Fund is in contact with the US, EU and UK agencies that deal with sanctions issues and the search for assets of sanctioned persons.

“The information reward mechanism announced by the United States is not yet fully understood, but if it really starts to operate, it will create serious motivation for investigators around the world to help in this matter,” Ashurkov said..

He added that, of course, US agencies have accumulated a large amount of information about Russian corrupt officials.. But there is a lot of non-public information that knowledgeable people will be motivated to provide for a reward.. As Ashurkov noted, if the US has a working mechanism for the confiscation of sanctioned assets, then it should not be a problem for them to share a percentage of this with those who provide information.. FBK director emphasized that there is no such kind of extra information.

Regarding list 28, which contains names of particular interest to the United States, and the level of FBK assistance in providing information, Ashurkov noted:

“The specifics of our work is that we do not comment in the press on information that we are not yet ready to make public. This applies both to this list and to the information that we have on its participants.”.

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Recall that the United States Treasury is offering $5 million to those who provide information about the assets of the oligarchs.. The information should effectively assist in the seizure or freezing of these assets..