Saturday, April 23, 2016

National Bank of Ukraine Enforces Sanctions Against Individuals Involved in Nadia Savchenko's Case


The National Bank of Ukraine has issued Resolution No.276 intended to enforce personal special economic sanctions and other restrictive measures against individuals allegedly linked to Ms Nadia Savchenko’s, Mr Oleh Sentsov’s and Mr Oleksandr Kolchenko’s illegal incarceration. The list of these individuals was established by the Resolution of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (the NSDCU) of 25 March 2016 and was enacted by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 121/2016 of 29 March 2016.

 The National Bank has obliged banks within a three-day period to provide information on bank accounts and account balances of 84 individuals included in the sanction list indicated in annexes to the NSDCU Resolution.

Banks are required to submit monthly to the NBU information about account balances held by individuals and legal entities included in the sanction list and notify the regulator of any attempts by them to perform financial operations.

It should be noted that the Resolution of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine  clearly sets forth which restrictive measures shall be applied in each case. A number of law enforcement officials from the Russian Federation, including judges, investigation officers and prosecutor are included in the sanction list.

In October 2015, the NBU has developed the guidelines governing the application of sanctions imposed by the NSDCU by the banking system and exercises close control over the enforcement of these sanctions.



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