(6)The assessment has identified a number of strategic deficiencies, notably relating to Russia’s laws and policies in the area of the independence of the Financial Intelligence Unit and its ability to cooperate with counterparts in other countries, Russia’s laws and policies in the area of beneficial ownership transparency and information availability and accuracy, and Russia’s laws and policies in the area of applying AML/CFT regulation to crypto-assets. Such deficiencies expose the Single Market to ML/TF risks which should be mitigated.