The SBU reported another suspicion to the head of the Central Bank of Russia

Ukrainian law enforcement officers gathered evidence of the involvement of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in ensuring the war against Ukraine. The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, has received suspicion for the second time, according to the message of the Security Service of Ukraine.

The department says that according to the case materials and the conclusions of independent research, “the head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, was informed in advance about the plans of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and made decisions of the Central Bank that ensured military aggression.”

“Nabiullina changed the strategy of the Russian Central Bank to support the occupation, to avoid sanctions against the Russian Federation for its invasion of Ukraine, as well as to facilitate the financing of occupation groups,” the SBU said.

In addition, the investigation materials show that “the money in the accounts of the Russian Central Bank, opened in other countries, is actually one of the tools of war. We are talking about almost 300 billion dollars, which, thanks to Ukraine’s international partners, are blocked in the accounts of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.”

“Based on the evidence base collected by the SBU and the OGP, this amount may in the future be subject to confiscation as funds of a legal entity, which will be subject to criminal law measures, as provided for by the legislation,” the message says.

The Security Service clarified that as part of the investigation, the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullinii, was charged with planning, preparing, unleashing and waging an aggressive war – Part 2 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code.

Elvira Nabiullina has not yet commented on the report of suspicion.

Earlier, on January 23, 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine informed the head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullinia, of the suspicion that she had introduced a “ruble zone” in the occupied regions of the south and east of Ukraine. According to the investigation, the “ruble” revenues to the Russian budget received in this way were directed to financing the needs of the military-industrial complex and occupation groups.

Regarding the head of the Central Bank of Russia, a number of countries, in particular Britain and Canada, applied sanctions, including because of her role in the “spread of the ruble to Ukrainian territories.”