Russian lawmakers want banks and their staff to help fight Ukrainian drones
Banks would pay for jamming systems and selected staff could disable drones without waiting for security services, under the draft law.
- On Tuesday, Russia's Duma approved legislation allowing banks to install electronic jamming systems and authorize selected employees to shoot down drones threatening their facilities, with banks bearing installation costs.
- Ukrainian drones have disrupted Russian supply lines and held back troops along the 1,250-kilometer front, prompting Moscow to expand air defense capabilities despite banks not historically being primary targets during the four-year war.
- The plan encompasses Russia's central bank and majority state-owned Sberbank, with State Duma Committee on Financial Markets chairman Anatoly Aksakov stating jamming would 'make it more difficult for to target' while shoot-down means protect facilities.
- Implementation challenges loom as the bill includes sparse operational detail, raising questions about execution while widespread equipment installation and staff training would demand enormous organizational effort across Russia's banking system.
- Mobilizing bank employees in air defense could undermine Putin's efforts to shield Russians from the war's visibility, and the bill still requires Federation Council approval and presidential signature before taking effect.
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Central banks, Sberbank and the money transport association are upgrading. However, the institutes themselves bear the costs for the drone defence.
The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, on Tuesday approved a plan that would allow the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR), as well as Sberbank and their employees, to join the defense against Ukrainian drone attacks. As the AP reported, the banking institutions would have to finance the installation of electronic jamming systems at their facilities from their own resources. Incoming attack drones would be shot down …
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