Do not transfer through the Maidan

President Vladimir Putin signed a law that limits the transfer of money from Russia to other states, including Ukraine, through foreign payment systems. The document is published on the official portal of legal information and will enter into force after 30 days.

According to the law, in the case of a foreign state introducing prohibitions on Russian payment systems, it will be possible to transfer money from Russia there only with the help of an operator, "directly or indirectly" controlled by Russian legal entities. Such rules will apply to transfers without opening a bank account.

Information about new prohibitions from other states will be updated on the website of the Central Bank. In addition, the law will apply to already introduced prohibitions.

First of all, the document is aimed at "eliminating the negative consequences" of the ban on the activities of Russian payment systems in Ukraine, the explanatory note was noted. It was emphasized that this limited the competition of cross -border transfers in the Russian payment services market.

In October, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the ban on the activities of Russian payment systems - "Hummingbird" (controlled by Sberbank), "Golden Crown" (RNCO "Payment Center"), Unistim (the Bank of the same name), "Leader" (NGO Leader JSC), Anelik (Bank "Anelik RU"), Blizko (communications -bank). After that, Ukrainian Banks stopped serving these sits.

On January 30, after the start of Russian provocations in Avdeevka, the first large -scale attacks of activists on the offices of Russian banks were held in Ukraine. At the Kyiv offices of Prominvestbank, BM-Bank, VTB Bank and Alfa Bank, red paint was poured. Activists also stuck on the walls stickers with the inscriptions “Welcome to Russia” (in Russian) and “Attention! This is a bank of the aggressor country. It will be closed” (in Ukrainian). On February 3, activists of the National Corps party, headed by the founder of the Azov Regiment, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Andrei Biletsky, made the gates and VTB Bank's front door.

In March, after Sberbank began to serve persons with passports of the DPR and LPR in Russia, the attacks resumed. On the night of the 13th in several regions of Ukraine, activists of the Azov civilian corps blocked the work of dozens of ATMs of Russian banks. They sealed the windows and doors of the offices with stickers, and the ATMs themselves were filled with mounting foam. The action was called Rusbankover.

On the afternoon of March 13, activists of the National Corps walled up the central office of the subsidiary of Sberbank in Kyiv. Biletsky assured that the party would not allow Sberbank to work in the country and for this he would block its branches throughout Ukraine.

On March 15, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to impose sanctions against five Ukrainian banks, in the capital of which there is a share of Russian state credit institutions. The next day, Poroshenko approved this decision and it entered into force. Measures have been introduced for a period of one year. Their goal is to prevent the withdrawal of capital from Ukraine in favor of persons associated with banks.

Sberbank subsidiaries fell under the sanctions, VIES Bank, Prominvestbank, VTB-Bank and BM-Bank. The National Security and Defense Council instructed the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Bank of Ukraine to ban the placement of funds of state enterprises, institutions and organizations in these banks, as well as commercial firms with state shares in the authorized capital. The Foreign Ministry has an obligation to inform foreign states about sanctions, including the countries of the EU and the USA, and to invite them to take the same measures against these banks.

On March 21, the head of Sberbank of Russia, German Gref, said that the bank is actively looking for ways to "as fast as possible from the Ukrainian market ." “I hope that the Ukrainian authorities will provide us with this opportunity,” the official added. Gref refused to clarify whether the option of selling a Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank is considered or is the liquidation of a business.

The official also criticized the “complete connivance from the law enforcement system of the neighboring country” to the absolutely law enforcement actions that are today against us (Sberbank. - Ed.) Completely in Ukraine in a number of cities starting from Kyiv. ”