Banks are obliged to inform the Federal financial monitoring service on the operations of individuals or entities who are residents of countries that have adopted penalties against Russia, informs referring to the letter, which is aimed by the office in Banks. according to the newspaper, in the updated list, which includes countries that support terrorism, drug trafficking or of resistance to illegal activities of officials, more than 40 countries: USA, Canada, the European Union consists of 28 States), Australia, Norway, Iran, Syrian Arab Republic, Sudan, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, Switzerland, North Korea, and Jamaica. according to the information close to the office of the newspaper's source, the updated list formed in Accordance with the current political and economic situation in the world and in Russia ". In compliance with the requirements of the Federal financial monitoring service, Banks when applying for customer service have an obligation to find out whether he is a resident of the country from the black list. If the Bank will neglect this requirement, his actions have the opportunity to be qualified as a crime according to the law " On combating permission (laundering) of the parish of funds obtained by criminal means and financing of terrorism ". The consequence for violation of this article has the ability to be, among other things, the revocation of the banking license. according to the newspaper, the letter explains that the list includes countries for which Russia has imposed a punishment in response to the original punishment. Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions list of the USA.