The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has narrowed a list of tracked financial transactions with persons staying in the country declared by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the aggressor state or the occupant state.

The amendments to the rules for analysis and checking documents (information) on financial transactions and their participants by banks were approved by NBU board resolution No. 67 dated July 24, 2017 and posted on the central bank's website.

The document obliges all the banks to provide for thorough analysis of documents (information) on financial transactions and plans to carry out financial transactions and information about their participants.

The document said that this requirement does not apply to a number of financial transactions, except for transactions with persons staying in a country recognized by the Verkhovna Rada as an aggressor state or occupant state. These operations included transactions:

- for an amount not exceeding UAH 150,000 (in equivalent);

- in favor of the state or under state guarantees;

- on loans, loans attracted in accordance with international agreements of Ukraine;

- on projects (programs) of international technical assistance that have passed public registration;

- on projects that are implemented within the framework of agreements signed between Ukraine and the European Union;

- on international technical programs and projects registered in accordance with the law on scientific and technical activities;

- to attract grants from international financial organizations, of which Ukraine is a member;

- in pursuance of contracts concluded by residents with international financial organizations of which Ukraine is a member;

- in pursuance of agreements concluded by residents with international companies (including their subsidiaries and affiliated companies) placed to the list of 2,000 largest public companies in the world (Forbes Global 2000);

- for the purpose of settling payments between the economic entities of Ukraine and foreign economic entities under international treaties of Ukraine;

- on the basis of individual licenses issued by the NBU;

- in order to return the funds received by foreign investors from the sale of listed securities on stock exchanges.

The new version of the list excludes mentioning transactions with persons from the aggressor country. At the same time, transactions to implement agreements between residents and international companies from the list of 2,000 largest public companies, as well as on the return of foreign investors' funds from the sale of listing securities on stock exchanges where a person from the aggressor country participates, are still subject to compulsory extensive analysis and verification.