Binance began blocking accounts of relatives of Russian politicians – Bits Media

The Binance cryptocurrency exchange has blocked access to the accounts of sanctioned relatives of Kremlin officials.

Over the past two months, the largest crypto exchange has blocked several accounts, belonging to relatives of members of the Russian government, Bloomberg reports. The list includes the daughter of Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Elizaveta Peskova, and the stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Polina Kovaleva.. Binance also blocked Kirill Malofeev, son of the chairman of the board of directors of the Tsargrad group of companies Konstantin Malofeev. Several years ago Malofeev was terrorized by unknown persons, demanding a refund from him 120 BTC, “stolen from the WEX exchange”, allegedly threatening to blow up certain public buildings.

Chagri Poyraz (Chagri Poyraz), Newly appointed Director of Sanctions at Binance, reported, that the exchange blocked Elizaveta Peskova 3 Martha, when she tried to use the platform through a third-party broker. 11 March, the US Treasury Department introduced restrictions against it as part of a package of sanctions, aimed at Russian officials, олигархов и политических деятелей за поддержку военной спецоперации РФ на Украине. Ранее Пескова выразила возмущение по поводу санкций, назвав их несправедливыми и необоснованными, because it has nothing to do with the political situation. Polina Kovaleva's account on Binance was frozen 24 Martha, when UK sanctions were imposed against her, а учетную запись Кирилла Малофеева на Binance заблокировали на этой неделе.

Пойраз сообщил, что Binance продолжает выявлять пользователей, связанных с лицами, находящимися в «черном списке» США и ЕС. According to him, Binance's actions are "proactive" and aimed at containing the risks of financial crime.

21 April Binance reported, that will stop serving Russian citizens, whose accounts have assets exceeding €10,000. Although in March, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Changpeng Zhao) stated, that the exchange will not unilaterally freeze the accounts of innocent users.

The blocking of accounts of relatives of major Russian officials and politicians on the crypto exchange showed, that they actively use digital assets, несмотря на враждебное отношение Банка России к криптовалютам. Недавно ЦБ РФ выразил обеспокоенность по поводу распространения криптоактивов, Considering, that they can trigger the expansion of the shadow economy.