SINGAPORE – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued the small print of the Republic’s monetary and commerce sanctions imposed on Russia for invading Ukraine.
MAS issued two notices on March 14 (Monday) that specify the entities the sanctions are focused at, the monetary establishments, together with cost service suppliers, and different dos and don’ts.
“In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Singapore Government has imposed financial measures targeted at designated Russian banks, entities and activities in Russia, and fund-raising activities benefiting the Russian government,” mentioned MAS.
It pressured that these measures apply to all monetary establishments in Singapore, together with banks, finance corporations, insurers, capital markets intermediaries, securities exchanges and cost service suppliers.
“Digital payment token service providers are therefore specifically prohibited from facilitating transactions that could aid the circumvention of the financial measures,” it famous.
Under the MAS Act, monetary establishments present in breach of any of its laws could be fined.
The discover on Financial Measures in Relation to Russia named the designated banks as VTB Bank, Vnesheconombank (Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs), Promsvyazbank and Bank Rossiya.
It mentioned the sanctions will prolong to all entities owned or managed by these banks, instantly or not directly, or entities which might be appearing on behalf of or below the route of those banks.
MAS mentioned designated entities are these concerned in actions associated to the export, transhipment or transit by Singapore or some other jurisdiction to Russia of things specified within the List of Military Goods set out within the Schedule to the Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2021.
It mentioned monetary establishments should additionally not enter into any transaction, present any monetary help or service to designated entities for export of sure classes of digital, laptop, telecommunications and knowledge safety gadgets within the List of Dual-Use Goods.
Financial establishments are additionally prohibited to buy, promote, present monetary companies for or help within the issuance of, or deal in securities or certificates of deposit issued by the Russian authorities and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation from Monday onwards.
The commerce and monetary prohibitions may even apply to Donetsk and Luhansk, the breakaway republics of Ukraine.
MAS mentioned cost suppliers should not enter into settlement to facilitate digital cost token transactions that could be used to facilitate any of the prohibited transactions or actions.
The regulator mentioned it might grant exemptions or could exclude a number of the monetary measures from the scope of the sanctions.
Such exemptions could embrace cost or switch vital for primary bills of any designated financial institution or entity, together with insurance coverage premiums, cheap charges for the supply of property administration companies or technology-related companies.
Remuneration, allowances or Central Provident Fund contributions of workers, cost of tax, hire, mortgage, utility and telecommunications expenses are additionally exempted from the scope of the sanctions.
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