43439957 Bank of Russia has requested to extend its authority
The Bank of Russia considers it necessary to expand its supervisory powers, including in the field of early response to a situation where banks take on higher risks. On this, as reported by RIA Novosti, said director of the department of banking regulation and supervision of the Central Bank Alexey Simanovsky, speaking in the Duma. "Powers of supervision should be expanded, we have them in the development strategy of the banking system of Russia until 2015. Including, we believe that early intervention tools we need to be provided," – said Simanovsky, responding to a question about whether he agrees with the Head of VTB Andrey Kostin as saying that the authority of the Central Bank is sometimes not enough to prevent asset stripping. Kostin, the bank is in conflict with the management of the Bank of Moscow's control over the supporting Bank city authorities, said on April 5 at the weak supervision as a cause of problems in the Russian banking system. "Part of responsibility for the mess that we've seen in Mezhprombank, Bank of Moscow, Slavic, Bank EEFC – it's kind of what the function of supervision is not satisfied to the extent to which must be fulfilled", – Kostin said at the congress of the Association of Russian Banks. All of these Kostin banks except the Bank of Moscow, were denied the license of the Central Bank. Costin is designed to give the Central Bank functions more operational control over the banks, in particular, the possibility of removing management proshtrafifsheysya organization. "Otherwise, the same crash, revocation of license, creditors, criminal cases," – quoted the words of a banker Reuters. Bank of Russia Chairman Sergei Ignatiev, commenting Kostina, said that partly takes criticism from the head of VTB. "I do not think all the blame on the part of the oversight unfair to some of them quite valid. I can not say that the supervision is absolutely perfect and you can not improve it," – said the head of the Central Bank. In this case, Ignatieff said that the Bank of Russia are sometimes powerless to prevent the withdrawal of assets from the banks. "When it comes to theft, then it is to prevent the Central Bank as the supervisory authority is sometimes just impossible .. there can only be a criminal offense. In other situations, we need more right … for example, (the ability to use – approx. Reuters) reasoned judgments" . In late 2010, Ignatieff has asked the State Duma deputies to make the real threat of criminal punishment for bankers for the deliberate withdrawal of assets from the banks. The Central Bank noted, only every fifth failure of banks in Russia is economic, while the rest belong to the criminal. In addition, in early 2011, the Bank of Russia has identified about 80 banks, which exceed the permissible level of concentration risks in lending Niya their owners.
