Banks hit by British sanctions report normal operation

In the press service of “MTS-Bank” emphasizedthat do not hold assets in the UK, and the settlements in pounds were terminated in advance.

In “Uralsib” notedthat the imposed sanctions will not affect the operation of the bank’s services in any way. “We continue to work as usual: all divisions, offices, ATMs, applications and cards continue to work without restrictions,” they said.

“Bank “Saint-Petersburg» in the comments of TASS declaredthat experts are now studying the details of the imposed sanctions and the possible impact on foreign exchange payments, promising to give a more specific comment later, now the bank is operating normally. In the bank “Zenith” also indicated in a conversation with the agency that there were no assets in the UK and operations in pounds, the bank’s work was not disrupted.

About new sanctions London announced earlier today. They imply the freezing of any assets in the kingdom and a ban on entry. In total, 92 individuals and companies from Russia fell under the restrictions. The sanctions list also includes the top management of Rosatom, 34 executives associated with the state corporation Rostec and the Almaz-Antey concern, as well as 20 executives of Aeroflot and Gazprom.

Sanctions have also been imposed against Nord Stream 2 CEO Matthias Warnig, Lyubov Kabaeva, mother of former gymnast Alina Kabaeva, Governor of the Tula Region Alexei Dyumin, Alexei Kozak, son of former Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, and others. over 1,500 Russians, the government of the kingdom noted.