“Last August, the Binance crypto exchange announced the adoption of stricter user verification rules.
Now there is no complete anonymity there - verification of the client is needed, that is, confirmation of his identity, ”Soloviev explained.
According to the interlocutor of RT, in accordance with Art.
282.3 of the Criminal Code of Russia, the provision or collection of funds known to be intended to finance an extremist organization is punishable by up to 8 years in prison.
Binance has no obligation to pass information to Russian regulatory and law enforcement agencies, Solovyov says, but this does not mean that intelligence agencies are not able to track transfers and withdrawals of funds through this platform.
“In the event of a justified request from the Russian side, the company will have to comply with international law in the fight against crime.
I am sure that Binance cannot refuse to transfer information if the request has a legal basis and is based on an initiated criminal case.
This is a global practice, and Binance is no exception,” the expert believes.
Earlier, RT studied the list of transactions of the main bitcoin wallet of the Anti-Corruption Foundation for 2021 and found out that the collected cryptocurrency is being sent to Lithuania.
* The organization is recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited by the decision of the Moscow City Court of 06/09/2021.