Reuters learned the details of EU sanctions against Tinkoff Bank and Alfa-Bank

The fact that Russian banks, including Tinkoff, may be included in the new EU sanctions package, became known last night. REUTERS found out

The European Commission (EC) has proposed to EU countries to exclude four more Russian banks, including Alfa-Bank, Tinkoff Bank and Rosbank, from the SWIFT global messaging system, Reuters reports citing diplomatic sources. The agency does not name the fourth bank.

Earlier, BLOOMBERG reported that the EU, within the framework of the tenth package of sanctions, intends to add Alfa-Bank, Tinkoff Bank, Rosbank, and the Russian National Wealth Fund (NWF) to the sanctions list.

According to Reuters, Russian rubber and asphalt, as well as steel and aluminum used in construction, could be subject to new sanctions . In addition, the EU countries intend to ban the broadcast of the Arabic service of the RT channel, increase restrictions on the EXPORT of electronic circuits, thermal imaging cameras, vehicles to RUSSIA and tighten control over the sale of satellite data to CHINA, which, according to sources, risk being transferred to Moscow .

The EC has also proposed imposing additional sanctions on European joint ventures with Russia and imposing additional reporting obligations to better track Russian assets in Europe, the sources told Reuters. According to them, the EU has already frozen the assets of the Russian Central Bank in the amount of about €33.8 billion.

WP learned that the USwill announce sanctions against Russia next week Politics

After the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Western countries imposed sanctions against Moscow, including against the Russian Central Bank. Because of this, assets worth about $300 billion were frozen, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said earlier. In addition, as part of the restrictions, Sberbank, VTB, Rosselkhozbank and other banks were disconnected from SWIFT.

At the same time, Alfa-Bank and Rosbank were not subject to EU sanctions, although they were previously included in the US sanctions list. Tinkoff Bank is also not under EU sanctions, but the founder of the bank, Oleg Tinkov, was included in the UK sanctions list last spring. Interros then bought a 35% stake in TCS Group from the Tinkov family.

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The HEAD of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said earlier that the tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia involves the introduction of export restrictions in the amount of €11 billion.

The Russian side considers the sanctions illegal and notes that the freezing of Moscow's assets is similar to a robbery. "Theft of other people's assets has never brought anyone to good, especially those who are engaged in this unseemly business," said President Vladimir Putin . Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin considered that the West thus returned "to a typical pirate practice."