The Federal Tax Service decided, together with the police, to identify the shadow sale and purchase of currency. This is reported by RBC with reference to two sources familiar with the letter that the department sent to the territorial departments of the Federal Tax Service.
According to the publication, the service indicates the sale of currency from hands in social networks, telegram channels and services with announcements . This “under the current conditions poses a threat to the stability of the currency of the Russian Federation and the stability of the domestic foreign exchange market,” the document says.
“Recently, cases of illegal purchase and sale of foreign currency have spread, in connection with which the tax authorities attention to identifying such violations, taking into account the existing capabilities of the internal affairs bodies, ”RBC was specified in the press service of the department.
As Mediazona wrote, the shadow currency market appeared in Russia at the end of February. Then, after the start of the war and economic sanctions, the ruble exchange rate collapsed.
Then the authorities banned the withdrawal and export of more than 10 thousand dollars in cash from Russia, the sale of currency to citizens, and ordered brokers to take a commission from individuals when buying currency on the stock exchange. After that, the Russians began to self-organize in telegram chats, meeting for currency transactions on the streets and near metro stations. publish-context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />The easiest way. How Russians organize themselves to exchange currency without the participation of the state