The EU has officially added Russia to its \u201cblacklist\u201d of high-risk countries for money laundering and terrorist financing. This is evidenced by data published in the Official Journal of the Council of the EU.<\/p>\n
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas also announced that Russia has been placed on the so-called blacklist due to money-laundering risks.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, the EU added Russia to the blacklist because of the risk of money laundering. This will slow down and increase the cost of transactions with Russian banks,\u201d she said on Thursday in Brussels at a press conference following a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.<\/p>\n
She added that work is currently ongoing both on financial assistance to Ukraine for the period 2026\u20132027 amounting to \u20ac90 billion and on a 20th sanctions package.<\/p>\n
The decision entered into force on January 29 and \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 enhanced scrutiny by European banks of any transactions linked to Russia.<\/p>\n
The European Commission adopted this decision on December 3, 2025, and it entered into force 20 days after publication, as neither the European Parliament nor the Council of the EU raised objections.<\/p>\n
Previously, Russia had not been added to the FATF \u201cblacklist\u201d \u2014 the international body combating money laundering \u2014 despite Ukraine\u2019s demands. The reason was objections from countries such as China, India, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, which kept Russia off the list.<\/p>\n
The European Commission decided to act independently and included Russia on the \u201cblacklist\u201d regardless of FATF.<\/p>\n
Under the new rules, any transactions involving Russia in European banks will now be subject to thorough checks, and financial risks for Russian organizations in the EU will be significantly restricted.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s membership in FATF had earlier been suspended due to its gross violation of the organization\u2019s core principles.<\/p>\n
Russian financial authorities stated that the EU\u2019s decision is politicized and lacks concrete evidence of shortcomings in Russia\u2019s anti\u2013money-laundering system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151049,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151048","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151048"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151048"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}