The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General’s Office have collected evidence that shows that the Central Bank of the Russian Federation contributed to the preparation of an aggressive war against Ukraine and continues to support it, the SBU informs.
“According to the materials of the case and the conclusions of independent research, the head of this financial institution, Elvira Nabiullina, was informed in advance about Putin’s plans for a full-scale invasion of our country and made decisions of the central bank that ensured military aggression,” – reads in the message of the Ukrainian special service on friday
For this, according to the investigation, Nabiullina changed the strategy of the Central Bank “in order to support the occupation, avoid sanctions applied to the Russian Federation for invading Ukraine, as well as to facilitate the financing of the occupation groups of the aggressor country.”
The SBU emphasizes that the investigation materials also indicate that funds held in Russian Central Bank accounts opened in foreign jurisdictions are actually one of the instruments of war.
“We are talking about almost $300 billion, which, thanks to Ukraine’s international partners, are blocked in the accounts of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation all over the world,” the report specifies.
Based on the evidence base collected by the SBU and the Prosecutor General’s Office, this amount may in the future be subject to confiscation as funds of a legal entity, which will be subject to criminal law measures, as provided for by law.
“Currently, within the framework of the relevant criminal proceedings, a new suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (planning, preparation, initiation and waging of an aggressive war) was received by the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina,” the SBU informs.
