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Это Вы принимаете желаемое за действительное. Взгляните, что в США пишут
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Это Вы принимаете желаемое за действительное. Взгляните, что в США пишут (поместил ниже). В порядке изложения - описывают как санкции из-за непротиводействия отмыванию денег несмотря на рекомендации FATF, а потом рассказывают, что украинские политики-де предпочитают обвинить во всем "изолированного на Западе Кучму", который якобы один за все и ответствен. Так что "скорее к Кучме" - это доморощенная, чисто киевская иллюзия.
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian officials and bankers scrambled Friday to deal with sanctions imposed by an international task force combating money laundering.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich said that his Cabinet would consult with the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) about what steps Ukraine must take for the sanctions to be lifted.
"We must create all the necessary conditions to help reduce the share of the shadow economy in Ukraine," he said, according to Interfax news agency.
The FATF announced Friday that its 29 member nations would apply sanctions against Ukraine because of the former Soviet republic's "failure to enact anti-money laundering legislation that meets international standards."
Ukraine, which has been on the FATF's blacklist of nations not cooperating with the fight against money laundering since Sept. 2001, had tried to avoid the sanctions by passing a law against the illegal practice earlier this month.
But the FATF said that the new law was insufficient.
Yanukovich on Friday blamed Ukrainian lawmakers for failing to pass amendments that would have toughened the bill.
The FATF said it would review Ukraine's action at its next meeting in February. "The FATF hopes that, prior to that meeting, Ukraine will comprehensively address the deficiencies in its anti-money laundering regime," it said.
In the meantime, the new sanctions against Ukraine would involve stringent requirements for identifying clients and owners before any business is done with Ukrainian companies or individuals. Transactions with Ukrainian businessmen and bankers must be regularly reported, and greater study would be required prior to opening foreign branches of Ukrainian banks.
Alexei Berezhnoi, the chief of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's monitoring service, said that some FATF states could act differently depending on their national legislation, with some possibly going as far as blocking all operations involving Ukrainian banks.
Ukraine's banking sector would likely try to dodge the sanctions by moving their accounts away from the West to offshores, said Valery Magirovsky of the private Energia bank, according to Interfax.
Some Ukrainian politicians saw the FATF's move as a reflection of growing western annoyance with the policies of Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma.
Kuchma, who has faced opposition accusations of corruption, abuse of office and alleged involvement in a journalist's killing, found himself isolated in the West after the United States accused him of approving the sale of a sophisticated radar system to Iraq in violation of U.N. sanctions.
"Kolchuhas (radars) were first, and now dirty money comes," opposition lawmaker Anatoly Matvienko was quoted by the Ukrainian News agency as saying.
Money laundering involves exchanging or investing funds earned from illegal activities such as prostitution, gambling and drug trafficking in order to conceal its source and make the money appear legitimate.
The FATF on Friday also announced that it decided for the time being not to apply additional sanctions against Nigeria, another nation on its blacklist, because of the recent enactment of a tougher law.
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