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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been accused in a media report of agreeing to provide user data to Russia‘s financial watchdog. The trading platform has refuted the allegations. It also insists it’s complying with Western sanctions imposed over Moscows invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Binance Consented to Russian Request for Customer Info, Reuters Claims in ‘Special Report’ Binance, the world‘s leading digital asset exchange, has agreed to hand over customer data to Russia’s financial intelligence agency, a रिपोर्ट by Reuters suggests. The article refers to messages allegedly sent by Binances regional head Gleb Kostarev to a business associate revealing that the Russian officials asked for such information, including names and addresses, during a meeting last April. The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation (Rosfinmonitoring) saw its request supposedly motivated by the need for help in the fight against crime. Quoting an anonymous source familiar with the matter, the authors note that at the time, the financial watchdog was trying to trace millions of dollars in bitcoin उठाया by imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalnys team. Rosfinmonitoring labeled his network a terrorist organization a year ago. The Kremlin critic claimed the crypto donations were used to fund efforts to expose corruption inside President Putin‘s