Complicit Dossier

Financial enablers and gatekeepers · foreign central bank · Russia

Bank of Russia (Central Bank of the Russian Federation)

  • Commercial or professional counterparty
  • Grade C: Single sourceStrongest record: single source
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

STPT: in Aug 2024 a Bank of Russia delegation met the CBOS governor in Port Sudan on correspondent ties, bank branches, local-currency settlement and financing of gold investment. STPT's assessment (not a documented fact) is that Russia would pay for gold in roubles which the SAF would use for weapons.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

1

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Grade C: Single source

Bank of Russia (Central Bank of the Russian Federation)

2024-08

STPT: in Aug 2024 a Bank of Russia delegation met the CBOS governor in Port Sudan on correspondent ties, bank branches, local-currency settlement and financing of gold investment. STPT's assessment (not a documented fact) is that Russia would pay for gold in roubles which the SAF would use for weapons.

Response
No response located in the sources reviewed.
Sanctions
None found in OFAC SDN / EU / UK lists checked 2026-10-03
  1. 1Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker (STPT), 'Fueling Sudan's War: How Gold Exports and Smuggling Are Prolonging the Conflict' · sudantransparency.org · 16 Oct 2024

NamesRussiaCentral Bank

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

1

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Money · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Russia
Places
Port Sudan

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Connected to the SAF only when single-source claims are counted.