Ukraine notifies Russia’s central bank chief of suspicion

Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General reported this.

According to the investigation, following the start of Russian aggression against Ukraine in February 2014, Nabiullina organized the development of regulations that governed the transition of the financial and banking systems of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russian control.

Law enforcement officials noted that after the full-scale Russian invasion, she also facilitated the activities of Russian banks and introduced the circulation of the ruble in the temporarily occupied territories of Kharkiv, Kherson, and Crimea.

In addition, the Prosecutor General's Office stated that Nabiullina assisted the top military and political leadership of the Russian Federation in waging war.

“Using the assets and resources of the Bank of Russia, she creates conditions for individuals and legal entities involved in financing the Russian military-industrial complex to circumvent sanctions, promotes mobilization in the aggressor state, facilitates payments for weapons with Iran, and initiates the introduction of 'counter-sanctions,'” the statement said.

The Prosecutor General's Office noted that the funds held in the accounts of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation are essentially tools of warfare. Thanks to Ukraine's international partners, nearly $300 billion has been blocked in the accounts of this bank worldwide.

Elvira Nabiullina has been informed of the changes to the previously notified suspicion and the new suspicion related to aiding in the alteration of territorial boundaries and the state border of Ukraine, as well as aiding in the conduct of an aggressive war (part 5 of Article 27, part 2 of Article 28, part 2 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be criminally punished until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.

• In June, The Economist published an article about Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, which stated that she had tightened security and practically lives at her workplace, where she has a hairdresser and dry cleaners.