“The US has imposed sanctions on Gazprombank, one of the few major Russian lenders not yet blacklisted, in a bid to limit the Kremlin’s ability to finance its war effort.”, — write: www.epravda.com.ua
The US has imposed sanctions on Gazprombank, one of the few major Russian lenders not yet blacklisted, in a bid to limit the Kremlin’s ability to finance its war effort.
About this informs Financial Times.
The list announced Thursday effectively excludes state-owned Gazprombank, the main conduit for Russian energy payments, and its six international subsidiaries from the global financial system.
According to the US, Russia used Gazprombank as a channel for the purchase of military equipment for the war in Ukraine, as well as for payments to soldiers and compensation to the families of those killed in hostilities.
Great Britain and Canada introduced sanctions against Gazprombank in the first weeks of the war in 2022.
The US has previously avoided following suit, mainly so that European countries could continue to pay for Russian gas supplies.
The US sanctions will close one of Russia’s few remaining windows for international banking operations, barring Gazprombank from transacting in dollars.
The US also imposed sanctions on more than 50 small Russian banks and 40 securities registrars, as well as 15 technocrats
We will remind:
USA are considered the possibility of introducing sanctions against the large state bank of Russia – “Gazprombank”, which still has access to the international SWIFT system and currency settlements.