The NBU warned that investors may lose money due to the blocking of Russian banks
Blocking the work of the Russian banks may lead to destabilization of the entire banking system and the loss of citizens ‘ deposits. About it reports a press-service of the NBU.
The national Bank has addressed to law enforcement bodies with an appeal to ensure the smooth operation of banks and to protect against “unlawful actions” activists “Nazarus”, which since April 10, has announced their next action against Russian financial institutions.
“These calls and behavior are irresponsible, dangerous and can harm the entire banking system. Radical and aggressive members of such shares are not experts in banking, so can’t give professional assessments, and to determine the fate of certain banking institutions”, – stated in the message.
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The head of the NBU Valeria Gontareva expressed view that destabilizing actions regarding the functioning of the banking system are contrary to the commitments that Ukraine has taken before the IMF.
“I emphasize that this destabilizing action can lead not only to deterioration of the investment climate, but to the loss of citizens ‘deposits and the termination of the stable operation of the banking system”, – said Gontareva.
The national Bank added that the banks with Russian state capital a constraint on the operations of these banks with their parent institutions.
“Our country has failed to overcome the outside, so it is now trying to undermine and divide from the inside. Specially artificially created the conditions occurring one after another event when our country itself discreditied in the eyes of the international community. All this is a way to ensure that Ukraine eventually will be left without international support and understanding, one-on-one with an external enemy and populism of politicians,” concluded Gontareva.
Earlier, the “national body” (“Azov”) announced its intention to stop the activities of all Russian banks on the territory of Ukraine.
March 13 activists of the “National corpus” (“Azov”) was walled up with cement and concrete blocks the entrance to the Central office of the Russian “Sberbank”. In addition, the gap between the shutters splattered with foam. Thus, they require the termination of activities of financial institutions on the territory of Ukraine.
March 15 in the river this morning activists doused the building of Sberbank of Russia red paint, and the entrance blocked by concrete blocks. March 18 in Ternopil activists of radical organizations protested against the Russian “Sberbank”, then in Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region activists force closed branch of the Russian “Sberbank”.
March 22 in Zaporozhye activists have surrounded the building “savings” and established checkpoints.
March 28, the Russian Sberbank announced the sale of all shares of the Ukrainian subsidiary Bank. Ukrainian “Sberbank” buying a consortium of investors, which will include the Latvian Norvik Banka and Belarusian private company. The agreement was signed on Monday, March 27.
The closing of the transaction is expected in the first half of 2017, as soon as financial and antitrust regulators, including Ukraine and Latvia, will approve this deal.