Banks

The freezing of foreign currency accounts of the Central Bank can be regarded as the desire of the West to create an artificial default in Russia.

At the moment, the company's tools allow identifying addresses used to circumvent sanctions in the Ethereum blockchain and EVM-compatible networks (Polygon, Avalanche).

On March 10, the American fast transfer system Western Union announced the suspension of its work in Russia and Belarus.

The dollar exchange rate in the first minutes of trading on the morning of March 10 fell by 4.2% (almost 5 rubles), to 115.02 rubles.

Visa and Mastercard payment system cards issued in Russia have stopped working abroad and in foreign online stores.

The Bank of Russia introduces a temporary procedure for operations with cash currency, according to the website of the regulator.

The press service of VTB in the official Telegram channel reported that previously issued plastic cards of the bank, including Visa and Mastercard payment systems, will be valid indefinitely.

The Russian bank "Tinkoff" has limited cash withdrawals from its ATMs. 

On March 1 and 2, after raising deposit rates to 21%, Russians placed more than 1 trillion rubles in Sberbank.

Brokers on the instructions of the Central Bank from March 3 will charge a commission of up to 30% when individuals buy dollars, euros and pounds on the stock exchange.

Sberbank has decided to withdraw from the European market. This is stated in the message of the credit institution on March 2.

Billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Peter Aven "in the near future" will resign from the board of directors of Alfa-Bank because of the sanctions imposed against them.

The Mastercard international payment system has disconnected several Russian banks that have been sanctioned by the United States from their services.

On February 28, the Central Bank of Russia raised the key rate to 20%, after Western countries imposed sanctions against the regulator.