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The new sanctions the United States, which the administration of President Barack Obama is set to announce on Friday raised Sberbank. Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the discussions on the issue. The new restrictions also affect other Russian banks.
Previously, Obama said the new sanctions will affect the United States financial, energy and defense sectors of the Russian economy. He stressed that Washington will join the European Union on the issue of tougher sanctions against Russia. According to him, Obama is done in order to increase the “political isolation of Russia and its economic costs especially in areas that are important for President Vladimir Putin and those around him».
Today, the EU agreed that the package sanctions, which have been agreed on Monday to be published on Friday, September 12. Under the new EU sanctions, in particular, fall Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, the Agricultural Bank and Vnesheconombank.
European citizens and companies are now forbidden to grant loans to these financial institutions. In addition, the Europeans can not buy and sell securities of these banks with a maturity of more than 30 days (before the ban covered the paper with a maturity of more than 90 days).
Against Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Russian Agricultural Bank and Vnesheconombank previously acted European sanctions. On August 1, these financial institutions have come under restrictive measures, according to which EU citizens and companies are prohibited from buying or selling of new shares issued, bonds, or “similar financial instruments” with a maturity of more than 90 days.
Under similar sanctions by the United States at the same time put the Bank of Moscow, Russian Agricultural Bank, VEB, VTB and Gazprombank.
Maria Bondarenko
September 11, 2014
RBC
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