The US expanded full blocking sanctions on Wednesday against Russia’s state lender Sberbank and one of the country’s largest private lenders, Alfa Bank.
“Today, we’re dramatically escalating the financial shock by imposing full blocking sanctions on Russia’s largest financial institution, Sberbank, and its largest private bank, Alfa Bank,” a senior administration official told reporters.
The latest move has “completely blocked two-thirds of the Russian banking sector, which used to have $1.4 trillion in assets,” they said.
Sberbank and Alfa Bank have become subjects of full blocking sanctions for the first time, albeit with exemptions for energy purchases.
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