OREANDA-NEWS. September 30, 2008. In order to stabilize the Russian banking sector, the Bank of Russia, by agreement with the Government of the Russian Federation, made a decision to provide financial resources worth 2.5 billion US dollars in the form of deposit for a period of 1year to Vnesheconombank.

The funds will be used to enable OJSC AKB Svyaz-Bank to fulfill its obligations to customers and counterparties.