Ukrainian National Security Council to consider imposing sanctions on Russia’s Sberbank
President Petro Poroshenko intends to convene the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on March 15 on the issue of possible sanctions against Sberbank.
Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov spoke about this during an interview with the television channel ZIK.
"As far as I know, the President is gathering the National Security and Defense Council on Wednesday, and I think that this issue will there be included and considered," Avakov said.
The Minister hopes that in this way, the government will be able to resolve the matter of the above-noted bank by legal means.
Avakov believes that in the current situation Russian banks cannot work in Ukraine, especially state-owned banks, of which Sberbank of Russia is one.
As previously reported, on March 7 Sberbank of Russia announced the beginning of service for customers with "passports" from the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and "Luhansk People's Republic."
After that, Avakov called on the National Bank of Ukraine to impose sanctions against Sberbank of Russia.
On March 7, the National Bank announced that it intends to initiate sanctions against the subsidiary of Sberbank before the National Security and Defense Council.