Austria is trying to remove Raiffeisen Bank International, Russia’s largest Western bank, from Ukraine’s blacklist. In return, the country agrees to sign new EU sanctions against Russia Reutersquoting two sources familiar with the situation.
This step, judging by the materials, confirms that Vienna has refused to withdraw part of the banking group’s business from Russia, which Kiev had previously sought.
Austrian officials have conveyed their concerns about the list to European officials in Brussels, the sources said. Additionally, sources familiar with the situation said that representatives of the bank met with representatives of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption of Ukraine and discussed how to get the group out of there.
In May it was reported that Austrian group Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) had failed to do so. to find He became a buyer of Raiffeisen and therefore decided to separate the Russian subsidiary from the group.
Russians before I stated the reason Raiffeisenbank introduced a 50% commission.