OREANDA-NEWS. Subsidiary organization JSC Bank VTB (Kazakhstan) (Almaty), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has by an official letter informed KASE of the following:

"...Information about drawing SO JSC Bank VTB (Kazakhstan) to administrative responsibility:

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Name of              Date, number of                                                     
government           decision of                                                         
authority that       government         Subject of administrative sanction               
ruled                authority          (body of administrative violation)               
drawing to           on drawing to      with indication of article of                    
administrative       administrative     Kazakhstan's Administrative                      
responsibility       responsibility     Violations Code                                  
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Almaty Special       Resolutions        Administrative violation taking form of violation
inter-district       No. 10-674-10-678  of laws of Republic of Kazakhstan, namely        
administrative court of 28.07.2015      art. 10 of the Act of Republic of Kazakhstan     
                     (effective as of–  "On countering legalization (laundering) of      
                     10.08.2015)        incomes received illegally, and against          
                                        financing of terrorism, for which is             
                                        responsibility is provided according to          
                                        part 1 of article 214 of Kazakhstan's            
                                        Administrative Violations Code –                 
                                        violation in form of non-provision by            
                                        Subsidiary Organization JSC Subsidiary           
                                        Organization JSC VTB Bank (Kazakhstan)           
                                        Bank (Kazakhstan) of information on              
                                        transactions subject to financial monitoring,    
                                        reports were untimely provided and sent          
                                        to the Committee of financial monitoring         
                                        of Kazakhstan's Ministry of finance.             
                                        administrative sanction of  1100 MCI,            
                                        i.e. KZT2,180,200.                               
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