Avangard Bank blocked FBK's account due to suspicions of terrorist financing

Avangard Bank blocked the account of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) of Alexei Navalny due to suspicions of financing terrorism. This was reported by MBKh Media with reference to the fund's project manager Leonid Volkov.

“A week after the account in Sberbank, the account in Avangard was also blocked. They asked for a bunch of documents - we provided them. Nevertheless, the account was not unblocked, ”Volkov told the publication.

He explained that the number of this account was not published anywhere, it was used to work with donations. On a blocked account - about 520 thousand rubles.

“I think… Rosfinmonitoring ordered the banks to go through all my accounts under 115-FZ, and there’s really no one else — Sberbank turned out to be more decent (or more attentive to the public outcry), and Avangard behaved like a thug,” Volkov noted .

The manager added that public accounts for fundraising are still available, but there may be risks.

On April 1, it became known that the FBK account with Sberbank was blocked, and the holders were asked for information on 115 Federal Laws (anti-money laundering). After its provision, the bank restored access to the account.