US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Russian citizen Ekaterina Zhdanova. In this respect he is writing “Lenta.ru”.
According to US authorities, Garantex helped oligarchs launder money by using cryptocurrency on behalf of sanctioned Russian elites through its crypto exchange. It was also announced that the Russian woman helped obtain tax residence in the United Arab Emirates and transfer money to foreign markets, bypassing existing restrictions.
According to US authorities, in March last year, Zhdanova helped a Russian businessman hide the source of his income in order to transfer $2.3 million to the European Union through an investment account and the purchase of real estate. of entrepreneurs transfer more than $100 million to the UAE.
Russian officials consider Western sanctions illegal.
The previous day, the US Treasury, including seven banks and St. It imposed blocking sanctions on 200 Russian companies and individuals, including the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. What should their customers do? material “Newspapers.Ru”.
At the beginning of the new US sanctions against Russia saw Threat to Japan.