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Report Says Binance Zajednički podaci o klijentima sa Rusijom, Crypto Exchange odbacuje optužbe
Razmjena kriptokutnosti Binance has been accused in a media report of agreeing to provide user data to Russia’s financial watchdog. The trading platform has refuted the allegations. It also insists it’s complying with Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
Binance Consented to Russian Request for Customer Info, Reuters Claims in ‘Special Report’
Binance, the world’s leading digital asset exchange, has agreed to hand over customer data to Russia’s financial intelligence agency, a izvještaj by Reuters suggests. The article refers to messages allegedly sent by Binance’s regional head Gleb Kostarev to a business associate revealing that the Russian officials asked for such information, including names and addresses, during a meeting last April.
The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation (Rosfinmonitoring) saw its request supposedly motivated by the need for help in the fight against crime. Quoting an anonymous source familiar with the matter, the authors note that at the time, the financial watchdog was trying to trace millions of dollars in bitcoin podignuta od strane tima zatvorenog ruskog opozicionog lidera Alekseja Navaljnog.
Rosfinmonitoring labeled his network a terrorist organization a year ago. The Kremlin critic claimed the crypto donations were used to fund efforts to expose corruption inside President Putin’s administration. Supporters who sent money through Russian banks were interrogated, Navalny’s foundation says. After his arrest in January 2021, it encouraged backers to donate via Binance.
Navaljni je priveden po povratku u Rusku Federaciju, nakon što se oporavio od trovanja za koje Zapad okrivljuje rusku Federalnu bezbjednosnu službu (FSB), što je optužba koju su ruske vlasti odbacile. Oslanjajući se na izjave nekoliko neidentifikovanih osoba koje su komunicirale s regulatorom, Reuters piše da agencija djeluje kao ogranak FSB-a. Zvanično, to je nezavisno tijelo nadležno za borbu protiv pranja novca i finansiranja terorizma.
Kostarev, Binance’s representative for Eastern Europe and Russia, reportedly consented to Rosfinmonitoring’s request to agree to share client data, according to the said messages. He also told his business partner he didn’t have “much of a choice.” Binance commented for Reuters it had been “actively seeking compliance in Russia” before the war in Ukraine, which would have required it to respond to “appropriate requests from regulators and law enforcement agencies.”
Crypto Exchange odbacuje tvrdnje kao 'kategorički lažne'
Quoting an industry research firm, the Reuters article further unveils that Binance’s trading volumes in Russia have spiked since the conflict began, as Russians sought to protect their assets from sanctions and a devaluing national fiat. Data from Cryptocompare indicated that in March Binance processed almost 80% of all ruble-to-crypto trades. On Thursday, the exchange objavio, međutim, ograničava usluge za ruske vlasnike računa da se pridržavaju najnovijih sankcija EU.
Refuting the allegations in the report, Binance described the cited market data as inaccurate, and while pointing out that it “aggressively implemented sanctions against Russia,” in answers to questions from Reuters, it reiterated its belief that “it would be unethical for a private organization to decide unilaterally to freeze millions of innocent users’ accounts.” In a izjava objavljena u petak, kompanija je saopštila da je "prestala raditi u Rusiji" čim je počeo rat.
While emphasizing that “fulfilling disclosure obligations to the authorities in each jurisdiction is a large part of becoming a regulated business,” the global crypto trading platform said that the suggestions it shared any user data, including related to Alexei Navalny, with agencies controlled by the FSB and Russian regulators are “categorically false.” Binance insisted it had not sought to assist the Russian state in its attempts to investigate the opposition leader.
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