They tried to smuggle dollars and euros worth almost ₽ 2 billion out of Russia

Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Customs Service of Russia has revealed the illegal movement of currency by citizens in the amount of over 1.8 billion rubles, for 11 months of this year, customs officers have stopped more than 10.9 thousand such attempts.

"Basically, they tried to smuggle dollars, euros and Russian rubles. Most often, money was exported to Turkey, the UAE and Azerbaijan, imported from the same countries," the telegram channel of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation reports.

In total, customs officers initiated 63 criminal cases, 38 of which were on the facts of illegal export. Also, 10,861 administrative offense cases have been initiated for non-declaration or false declaration of funds. Of these, 6,198 are related to the export of foreign currency exceeding the equivalent of 10 thousand dollars.

The agency reminds that up to 10 thousand dollars can be transported without declaration.

"It is temporarily prohibited to export currency (except rubles) over this amount from the Russian Federation. It is possible to import, but from 10 thousand dollars — with the filing of a declaration, and from 100 thousand dollars — documents confirming the origin of the money must be attached to the declaration. No duties and taxes are levied for declaring cash in excess of the norms," the FCS points out.