Sberbank commented on the imposed sanctions by Ukraine

The Bank has asked Poroshenko to “restore order.”

Russian Sberbank disappointed with the sanctions of the authorities of Ukraine and has called it discriminatory. This is stated in the statement of the financial institution, quoted by RBC.

“We are disappointed with the decision of the Ukrainian authorities on the introduction of sanctions against Sberbank of Russia (Ukraine). View the decision is discriminatory, politically motivated and not caused by any actions of our subsidiary Bank, violating the laws of Ukraine”, – stated in the message.

Sberbank said that sanctions against “the physical blocking of the Central office and a number of branches representatives of radical organizations, as well as repeated acts of vandalism against the property of the Bank with the connivance of law enforcement” is “undesirable” for the Ukrainian authorities to the presence of investments of the savings Bank in the country.

The financial institution addressed to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with a request “to restore law and order, to unlock the Central and other offices of the Bank and to ensure normal conditions for maintenance of banks and their customers.”

Sberbank plans to coordinate with the NBU for the future and hopes for support of the controller in restoring the normal operation of its Ukrainian “daughter”.

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