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AdvertisementThe US levied sanctions on Gazprombank, the last major Russian bank not yet blacklisted. Washington is clamping down on Gazprombank, Russia's last major lender operating free of US sanctions. Up until this point, Washington refrained from sanctions in order to maintain gas flows between Russia and remaining European customers. "Today's sanctions targeting Russia's largest remaining non-designated bank, as well as dozens of other financial institutions and officials in Russia, will further diminish and degrade Russia's war machine," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. The so-called System for Transfer of Financial Messages is used to evade sanctions and fund Russia's war effort, the US said.
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SummaryCompanies This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Russian technology company Astra plans to open the books for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Moscow Exchange on Thursday, two financial market sources told Reuters, with trading due to start on Oct. 13. Sberbank, Gazprombank, Alfa Bank and Start Capital were chosen as organisers of the offering, said the sources, who asked not to be named because the information is private. Astra dominates Russia's operating system (OS) market with its Astra Linux software. ($1 = 98.3250 roubles)Reporting by Olga Popova and Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Mark TrevelyanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Olga Popova, Gleb Stolyarov, Alexander Marrow, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Astra, Moscow, Alfa Bank, Start, Astra Group, Astra Linux, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, MOSCOW, Russian, Moscow
LA PAZ, July 28 (Reuters) - Bolivia's government is determined to curb dependence on the U.S. dollar for foreign trade, instead turning to the Chinese yuan, officials said, as Latin American support for alternative currencies grows. Bolivia has faced months of severe dollar shortages, driven in part by falling natural gas production, a key national export. Net foreign currency reserves have fallen to roughly $4 billion from a peak of $15 billion in 2014, pressuring state finances and threatening Bolivia's long-defended currency peg with the dollar. Not in dollars, but in its own currency," Montenegro said. Financial transactions worth 278 million Chinese yuan ($38.7 million) accounted for 10% of Bolivia's foreign trade in May through July, Montenegro said.
Persons: Marcelo Montenegro, Mikhail Ledenev, Daniel Ramos, Lucinda Elliott, Richard Chang Organizations: LA, U.S, Banco Union, Russia's, Thomson Locations: LA PAZ, La Paz . Bolivia, China, Montenegro, Bolivian, Russian, Bolivia, Moscow, Western, Russia, Beijing, Brazil, Argentina
Vladyslav Vlasiuk, who advises President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, also urged allies not to fear that a tougher sanctions clampdown could drive some countries closer to Russia, describing such a worry as overblown. He was speaking in an interview from Kyiv as world leaders meet to discuss new sanctions measures and how to prevent Russia and companies in third countries from circumventing sanctions imposed after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year. “We are grateful for all the support we have received from our allies and we have seen some positive signals on the latest sanctions packages under consideration," Vlasiuk said. Tinkoff and Rosselkhozbank have already been excluded from the SWIFT global payments system, but other banks have been subjected to full blocking sanctions. “Russian banks who provide financial services to Russian soldiers fighting an unlawful war of aggression on Ukrainian soil should face the toughest possible sanctions from our allies," Vlasiuk said.
Trade between India and Russia has surged since the West imposed sanctions against Russia for its invasion last year of Ukraine, which has altered flows of oil and other goods. "Now we have infrastructure, we have payments from banks ... it is much better than it was three months ago," she added. Gazprombank is Russia's third-largest lender by assets and a key conduit of the Russian energy trade. Due to higher purchases of oil, the trade balance is tilted increasingly in favour of Russia. India last year implemented a broader framework to facilitate overseas trade in rupees and since then many foreign banks, including Gazprombank and other Russian institutions, have opened vostro accounts with Indian banks.
Switzerland has for decades provided shelter for the money and assets of Russian oligarchs. A Zurich court found four Gazprombank bankers guilty of not conducting proper checks when opening accounts linked to a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin years ago. The four men face fines ranging from 48,000 Swiss francs to 540,000 francs, the equivalent of $52,000 and $590,000, respectively, and two years of probation, the court said Thursday. If they behave in that period, they don’t have to pay the fines.
Four bankers who helped a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin move millions of dollars through Swiss bank accounts have been convicted of failing to perform due diligence in financial transactions. The executives — three Russians and one Swiss — helped Roldugin, who is godfather to Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria, deposit millions of francs in Swiss bank accounts between 2014 and 2016. The men, who cannot be identified under Swiss reporting restrictions, were found guilty at a hearing at Zurich District Court and were given fines totaling 741,000 Swiss francs ($809,000). Red flagsFurther investigations should have been conducted because of the amount of assets involved, which was more than 10 million Swiss francs ($11 million), the judge said. Sums of around 30 million Swiss francs ($31.84 million) were involved in the case, Hoffmann told an earlier hearing.
Here is a list of areas where the EU keeps on doing business with Russia. TRADE FLOWSIn 2021, Russia was the EU's fifth-largest trading partner with goods exchange worth 258 billion euros, according to the EU executive European Commission. Since the invasion in 2022, the value of EU imports from Russia fell by a half to around 10 billion euros last December. Gas is not covered by EU sanctions, but Moscow slashed pipeline deliveries to Europe since the invasion. The EU imported 2.1 billion euros worth of nickel in 2021, up to 3.2 billion euros last year, according to Eurostat.
Gazprom says Burmistrova steps down as Gazprom Export chief
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
MOSCOW, March 10 (Reuters) - Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said on Friday that Elena Burmistrova was stepping down as the head of Gazprom Export and was moving to Gazprombank as its first vice-president. It also said that Dmitry Khandoga, in charge of Gazprom's international business, would be acting director general of Gazprom Export. Gazprom's natural gas exports outside the former Soviet Union almost halved last year to around 101 billion cubic metres (bcm). Burmistrova had worked as Gazprom Export's director general since 2014. Gazprom also said on Friday that Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom's Deputy CEO, will take charge of the company's operations on the natural gas market.
A cellist is accused of helping Vladimir Putin channel $50 million into Swiss accounts. 4 bankers are also accused of not having checked the real source of the money. The deposits were made between 2014 and 2016 and there is no plausible explanation about where they came from, Swiss prosecutors say. In addition to the $50 million, Roldugin was planning on chanelling another $10 million annually into accounts, which prosecutors say "were in general no way plausible as Roldugin's own assets." Switzerland has put aside its traditional neutrality in conflicts to adopt the EU's sanctions against Putin, Roldugin, and other members of the Russian elite.
The friendship between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and cellist Sergei Roldugin, has been reported on for years. A trial of four bankers in Switzerland offers insight into how members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle used Swiss bank accounts to sidestep U.S. sanctions. In spring 2014, companies owned by a concert cellist close to Mr. Putin opened bank accounts at Gazprombank Switzerland, an arm of the Russian state banking giant in Zurich. A Russian media company, whose bank-owner had just been sanctioned over Russia’s annexation of Crimea, paid the cellist’s accounts a stream of dividends.
ZURICH, March 8 (Reuters) - A concert cellist linked to Vladimir Putin moved millions through Swiss bank accounts without any proper checks, prosecutors will allege on Wednesday, in a case that highlights the murky financial dealings of Russia's ruling elite. Four bankers are accused of helping Sergey Roldugin, a close friend of the Russian president according to the indictment, deposit millions of Swiss francs in Switzerland. The bankers - three Russians who worked in Zurich and one Swiss - will deny the allegations against them, one of their lawyers said. Roldugin was named the owner of two accounts opened at Gazprombank Switzerland GZPRI.MM in 2014, into which flowed millions of francs from Russia. There is little trace of Putin's assets.
"We are looking at additional banks and financial institutions to see how Russia deals with the outside world. Some European banks, including UniCredit (CRDI.MI) and Raiffeisen Bank International (RBIV.VI), have large businesses there and must follow local rules to grant payment holidays to soldiers. ENFORCEMENTO'Brien said that the United States would step up enforcement, something the EU also hopes to improve. "We are now looking at how sanctions, including financial sanctions, can be most effective," he said. "While the majority of important Russian banks are sanctioned, there is a lot outside that perimeter that you could go after," said Nicolas Veron, of Washington think tank the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine imposed sanctions against 182 Russian and Belarusian companies, and three individuals, in the latest of a series of steps by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to block Moscow's and Minsk's connections to his country. "Their assets in Ukraine are blocked, their properties will be used for our defence," Zelenskiy said in a video address. The sanctioned companies chiefly engage in the transportation of goods, vehicle leasing and chemical production, according to the list published by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The list includes Russian potash fertiliser producer and exporter Uralkali, Belarus state-owned potash producer Belaruskali, Belarusian Railways, as well as Russia's VTB-Leasing and Gazprombank Leasing both dealing with transport leasing. Ukraine has sanctioned hundreds of Russian and Belarusian individuals and firms since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
Russia's Putin clears foreign currency settlements for gas debt
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Russia will allow countries to pay debt settlements for gas supplies in a foreign currency, according to changes made by President Vladimir Putin on Friday to his earlier decree on rouble payments for gas. The document also clarifies that the debt settlement does not automatically mean the resumption of gas supplies. It also does not alter the previously stated requirements for a foreign buyer of Russian gas to pay for it in roubles. Putin signed the decree in March, forcing European customers to open rouble bank accounts with Gazprombank and pay in Russian currency if they wanted to continue receiving Russian gas. Supplies were subsequently cut off to some companies and countries, such as Poland and Finland, that refused the terms of the deal.
Some, such as Belgium and Greece, as well as Hungary which still relies heavily on Russian energy imports, pushed back against further sweeping measures, EU diplomats told Reuters. Russia says sanctions have boomeranged against the West, driving up inflation as energy prices have rocketed higher. Meanwhile, existing EU measures are not always watertight. Others are more discrete, while some have half an eye on a future relationship with Russia after the war ends. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this month that the EU would "tighten the sanctions against Russia for as long as Putin continues his war".
REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File PhotoCommodity trade finance covers many types of loans, typically from banks, that facilitate global movement of goods from wheat to gasoline. Most trade finance loans are short-term, less than a year. Traders’ credit lines became strained last year when natural gas prices sky-rocketed in the fourth quarter. ‘DESIRE TO DIVERSIFY’Lending for commodity trade finance has become more diverse, with non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) stepping in. The underlying issue was the retreat of major banks from commodity financing after some 2020 defaults in the sector while Russian banks Sberbank and Gazprombank that were set to expand have now been shut out of Europe.
Commodity trade finance covers many types of loans, typically from banks, that facilitate global movement of goods from wheat to gasoline. Most trade finance loans are short-term, less than a year. The involvement of hedge funds in commodity trade finance has created a lifeline for smaller firms, deemed to be higher risk for banks due to strict capital requirements and clean energy goals. 'DESIRE TO DIVERSIFY'Lending for commodity trade finance has become more diverse, with non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) stepping in. The Swiss firm specialises in financing small to mid-sized commodity merchants and has achieved returns between 6% to 10% over the last 10 years.
Factbox: Companies sell their businesses in Russia
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
The logo of French tyre maker Michelin is seen at a company building in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File PhotoOct 10 (Reuters) - Some Western companies have agreed to sell their Russian assets or hand them over to local managers as they seek to comply with sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and deal with threats from the Kremlin that foreign-owned assets may be seized. Below is a list of firms by sector that have sold their businesses in Russia:AUTOS** British car distributor Inchcape (INCH.L) sold its Russian business to local managementRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register** Italian truck and bus maker Iveco (IVG.MI) transferred its 33% stake in its AMT truck assembly joint venture in Russia to a local partner** French tyre maker Michelin (MICP.PA) intends to transfer its activities in Russia to a new entity under local management by end-2022** French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) sold its majority stake in Avtovaz (AVAZI_p.MM) to a Russian science institute, and transferred all shares in Renault Russia to the city of Moscow** MAN Truck & Bus and Scania, units of German truck maker Traton (8TRA.DE), expect to sell their sales companies in Russia to local partners along with Scania's Russian financing business by Q1 2023BANKS** Britain's HSBC (HSBA.L) agreed to sell its Russian business to Expobank, subject to regulatory approvals in Russia** Czech investment group PPF sold its Russian banking assets, including consumer lender HCFB and its subsidiaries, to investors led by Ivan Tyryshkin** France's Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) sold its Russian business Rosbank (ROSB.MM) to Interros Capital, a firm linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir PotaninCONSUMER ELECTRONICS** Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux (ELUXb.ST) transferred its business in Russia to local management** Its Electrolux Professional (EPROb.ST) branch also sold its Russian business to local management** Whirlpool (WHR.N) sold its Russian operations to Turkey's Arcelik (ARCLK.IS)ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENT** Finland's Boreo (BOREO.HE) sold its 90% stake in YE Russia to companies controlled by its current director Yrjö Pönni** U.S. industrial firm Emerson Electric (EMR.N) agreed to sell its Russia business to the local management** Finnish elevator maker Kone (KNEBV.HE) expects to close the sale of its Russian business to local management in Q4 2022** France's Schneider Electric (SCHN.PA) expects to close the sale its Russian unit to local management by end-2022** U.S. elevator maker Otis (OTIS.N) sold its Russia business to local investment firm Ice DevelopmentENERGY** French industrial gases producer Air Liquide (AIRP.PA) agreed to shift its Russian assets to local management, subject to regulatory approvals in Russia** Baker Hughes (BKR.O) agreed to sell its oilfield services business in Russia to local management, with closing expected in H2 2022** Italian utility Enel (ENEI.MI) sold its 56.43% stake in Enel Russia to Lukoil (LKOH.MM) and private fund Gazprombank-Frezia** Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL) transferred assets of its Russian oil and gas joint ventures to state-owned partner Rosneft (ROSN.MM), and its 30% stake in the Arctic Kharyaga oilfield to state-controlled Russian operator Zarubezhneft** U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton (HAL.N) sold its Russia operations to a management team made up of former employees** Oil major Shell (SHEL.L) sold its Russian retail and lubricants business to Lukoil** Singapore-based commodities trader Trafigura sold its 10% stake in Vostok Oil project in Siberia to Hong Kong-registered trading firm Nord Axis** Total Energies (TTEF.PA) sold its remaining 20% interest in the Kharyaga oil project to Zarubezhneft, and its 49% stake in Terneftegaz to joint venture partner NovatekFOOD & BEVERAGES** Finland's Atria (ATRAV.HE) sold its fast food business in Russia, Sibylla Rus, to Russian meat producer Cherkizovo (GCHE.MM)** Finland's Fazer sold its Russian unit to Moscow's Kolomenskij Bakery and Confectionery Holding** Irish ingredients giant Kerry Group (KYGa.I) sold its Russian subsidiary to local management and agreed to offload its Belarusian unit to a local operator** Fast food chain McDonald's (MCD.N) sold its Russian business to its licensee Alexander Govor** Finnish food and drinks company Paulig sold its operations in Russia to private Indian investor Vikas Soi** Yum Brands (YUM.N) sold its Pizza Hut business in Russia to a local operator** Finnish food processing firm Raisio (RAIVV.HE) sold its consumer business in Russia to Copacker Agro** Finnish dairy producer Valio sold its Russian business to GK VelkomINDUSTRIAL MACHINERY** Polish measuring devices maker Apator's (APTP.WA) Powogaz unit divested its entire stake in Russia-based AO Teplovodomer** Danish industrial firm Danfoss agreed to sell its Russian and Belarusian business to local management, subject to approval by shareholders and regulatory approvals in Russi
Apple removed VK, Russia's biggest social media platform, from the App Store. Apple users can no longer download the VK app, although it will continue to work for users who'd already downloaded it. Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyApple has removed VK, Russia's biggest social media app, from its App Store, as first reported by The Verge. Major Western social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram were blocked by the Russian government at the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It's not clear whether Google will bring in similar restrictions on VK in its own app store.
Traders supplying Russian oil in July had asked at least two Indian companies to settle in dirham. An invoice from one of the refiners seen by Reuters showed oil payments were calculated in dollars while payment was requested in dirhams. The three sources said the dirham payments did not go through because Mashreq declined to facilitate the trade. The U.S. Treasury, Mashreq Bank and Gazprombank did not immediately respond to requests for comment. That provided Indian refiners, which rarely bought Russian oil due to high freight costs, an opportunity to snap up exports at hefty discounts to Brent and Middle East staples.
UK sanctions Russians linked to 'sham' referendums in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday announced a new package of sanctions linked to what it described as Moscow's "sham" referendums on four regions of eastern Ukraine joining Russia. Citizens in four regions of Ukraine were voting for a fourth day on Monday in Moscow-organised referendums, a plan Kyiv and the West have branded a sham. "Today's sanctions will target those behind these sham votes, as well as the individuals that continue to prop up the Russian regime's war of aggression." Britain said those sanctioned included 55 board members and directors from organisations the government said "continue to bankroll the Russian war machine". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kylie MacLellan and William James; Editing by Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Sursa foto: jurnal.mdStoianoglo: Săptămâna viitoare, BNM va da în judecată Gazprombank pentru încasarea a 100 de mil. de dolariBanca Națională a Moldovei va expedia, săptămâna viitoare, în instanța de judecată cererea de chemare pentru încasarea de la Gazprombank a 100 de milioane de dolari. „Un alt dosar penal pe faptul sustragerii prin delapidare din fondul corespondent Banca de Economii din Gazprombank, Federația Rusă, a 100 de milioane de dolari, cu utilizarea a șapte ordine swift falsificate. La 11 martie 2021, cauza penală de învinuire al fostului președinte interimar de la BEM a fost transmisă în judecată. În afara de aceasta, săptămâna viitoare BNM va expedia în instanța de judecată cererea de chemare pentru încasarea de la Gazprombank a 100 de milioane de dolari”, a declarat Stoianoglo.
Persons: Alexandr, swift, BEM, Ana Ursachi, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Ilan, Alexandr Stoianoglo, Plahotniuc Organizations: Banca, Moldovei, European Locations: Economii, Gazprombank, Federația Rusă
„În Republica Moldova sunt diferite sugestii referitor la achitarea domnului Platon, dar pot să vă spun cu toată responsabilitatea că dosarul penal în privința domnului Platon a fost falsificat totalmente. De aceea, decizia de astăzi este una corectă și legală”, a declarat Alexandr Stoianoglo. Veaceslav Platon a fost achitat în dosarul fraudei bancare. Pe 20 aprilie 2017, Platon a fost condamnat în acest dosar la 18 ani de închisoare. Amintim că luni, 15 iunie 2020, Veaceslav Platon a fost eliberat din detenție, după patru ani petrecuți după gratiile Penitenciarului nr.
Persons: Platon, Alexandr Stoianoglo, swift, Stoianoglo, Veaceslav Platon, de Justiție ., Ion Crețu Organizations: Banca Națională, Apel, de Justiție, Procuratura Generală Locations: Republica Moldova, Economii, Apel Chișinău
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