The State Duma adopted a law on a simplified procedure for foreign online purchases

A law that allows Russians to make purchases cheaper than 15 thousand rubles. in foreign online stores without passing identification, adopted by the State Duma in the third reading. The simplified procedure will apply to all transfers in favor of organizations outside of Russia.

“The adoption of the proposed amendments will make it possible to provide citizens with alternative methods of paying for purchases in foreign online stores and optimize the administrative burden on banks associated with the implementation of identification and simplified identification procedures,” the explanatory note to documentpublished on the website of the Parliament.

Prior to the amendments to the law “On counteracting the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism,” Russians could make purchases of up to 15,000 without identification only in online stores registered in Russia.

Last week, US authorities extended sanctions against Russia’s financial system. A number of Russian banks, including private credit institutions, were included in the SDN list. Some of them announced on suspension of acceptance of SWIFT transfers.

Which Russian banks fell under the new US sanctions – in the material “Kommersant” “Russian banks have replenished the SDN list”.

Andrey Sapozhnikov