The information spread by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, according to which USD 7 billion was transferred to Georgia for the purpose of money laundering through the Russian banks («ВЕК БАНК», «Новая Экономическая Позиция», «Принт БАНК», Инвесткомбанк Бэлком», Центурион»), behind which Georgian criminals are supposed to act, is called a task-oriented lie by the Public Relations Department of the National Bank of Georgia. Georgian commercial banks have no business relations with the Russian banks charged with money laundering.   It is possible that under the mentioned “Georgian Banks” they meant the banks operating in the so called self-declared Republic of Abkhazia, with whom the Russian banking and settlement structures have really established illegal relations and are engaged in money laundering. The Government and the National Bank of Georgia repeatedly applied to the Russian government, International organizations and the governments of foreign countries in this regard.   Coverage of criminal processes having place in the Russian banking system on the ethnic basis from the Russian side is a part of anti-Georgian hysteria. According to Nikoloz Geguchadze, the Head of the Financial Monitoring Service at the National Bank of Georgia, transfer of doubtful funds to Georgia through the aforementioned Russian banks had not been revealed and reported by the aforementioned service.