Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino chaired a regular meeting (via videoconference) of the interdepartmental working group on countering illegal financial transactions.
The discussion focused on measures aimed at improving the administration of distrained, confiscated, and other seized property subject to conversion into state ownership in accordance with Russian legislation.
Reports were delivered by representatives of the Finance Ministry, the Accounts Chamber, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo), the Federal Bailiff Service, the Supreme Court, and the Interior Ministry.
The meeting participants approved proposals submitted by Rosfinmonitoring, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Interior Ministry, and the Supreme Court to better detect, investigate and prevent crimes related to legalisation (laundering) of criminal proceeds.
Based on the information and analytics provided by the Finance Ministry, the Bank of Russia and Rosfinmonitoring, the meeting worked out and approved a set of additional measures on countering illegal financial transactions involving digital currencies (cryptocurrencies) and state regulation in terms of managing their circulation.
Following the meeting, specific instructions and recommendations have been issued to federal government agencies concerning interaction, information exchange, as well as drafting proposals to amend certain regulations of the Russian Federation.