Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that will allow the state to recover money from bank accounts, through the court, if the receipt amount exceeds the official income of the last three years, and the legality of receiving funds is not confirmed. .
According to the RIA Novosti agency, the legislation will allow real estate, vehicles, securities and shares in organizations to be converted into income RUSSIA, if public officials who fall under control over the correspondence of expenses to their income have not proven the legality of receiving the funds corresponding.
If any of these transactions are detected, the official must provide "reliable" information about the income.
The approved law extends this practice to the funds received in the accounts of these persons in the banks, if their amount exceeds the total income for the reporting period and the previous two years and no reliable information is provided confirming the legality of receiving those funds. funds with respect to them.
The Russian Prosecutor General and his subordinate prosecutors will be in charge of verifying all the information provided to allege said amounts.
If it is found that the information does not agree with what was recorded, the court will be asked to recover the amount corresponding to the state income if it exceeds 10.000 rubles.
Similarly, this law includes digital financial assets.
The head of the State Duma committee, Anatoli Aksakov, explained that since a new tool has appeared, it must also be declared and the income on it must also be indicated, the news agency quotes.
