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The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia (Russian: Федеральная служба по финансовому мониторингу; Росфинмониторинг) is a subdivision of the Finance Ministry of Russia created by a decree of President Vladimir Putin of November 1, 2001, and aimed to fight money laundering. From November 1, 2001, to March 9, 2004, it was called Financial Monitoring Committee (Russian: Комитет по финансовому мониторингу). It has been led by Viktor Zubkov from the very beginning.
