
MOSCOW — From the balance of payment perspective, the size of capital to be amnestied would not be big, senior deputy chairman of the Bank of Russia Alexey Ulyukayev has told journalists when asked to comment on the President's capital amnesty proposal addressed to the Federal Assembly. Putin had said in his address that money was to work for Russia's economic interests. The Central Bank's deputy chairman elaborated that this did not concern direct capital inflow and outflow; rather, this had to do with capital legalization. Some of the money is already in Russia, and therefore the public shouldn't be overly concerned about the outflow issue, the official said.