In the first 9 months of 2023, Russians tried to illegally export money worth 876 million rubles from the country. This was learned from the data of the Federal Customs Service analyzed by the newspaper. “News”.
According to the customs service, from January to September, 7.4 thousand cases of non-declaration or incorrect indication of cash and monetary instruments transported across the border were detected. This is 11% more than a year ago. The total amount of cash and instruments in ruble equivalents illegally passed across the border by citizens reached 1.19 billion rubles, compared to 1.02 billion rubles in the period January-September last year, the publication states.
The majority of the violations (5.3 thousand) stem from the ban on exporting abroad the equivalent amount of more than 10 thousand dollars in March. The Federal Customs Service announced that the volume of crimes detected under this article has doubled, reaching 668.5 million rubles.
According to experts, the number of cases of illegal foreign currency export has increased due to the inability to make bank transfers and pay for purchases with Russian cards abroad. In addition, financial expert Natalya Zhukova believes that some Russians try to save money on transferring funds abroad in this way. From now on, there are very few ways to transfer money to unfriendly countries in Russia, and commissions for such transactions are quite significant.
Before that it was known in Russia being ready Launch of a monitoring system for the sale of foreign exchange earnings by Russian exporters.
Previously head of financial intelligence reported Putin on preventing the illegal withdrawal of 320 billion euros.