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Sberbank hopes National Bank of Ukraine will have vision when deciding on Russian banks

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has proposed prohibiting banks with Russian capital to withdraw funds outside the country

MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Sberbank is looking forward to vision of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) when making decisions in respect of subsidiaries of Russian banks, the Russian credit institution said on Wednesday.

"We do not comment on the situation until formal decisions are made. We hope authorities of the country [Ukraine - TASS] will show wisdom and vision when making the final decision," press service of Sberbank said.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has proposed prohibiting banks with Russian capital to withdraw funds outside the country. Imposition of such sanctions will impose a ban on any operations in favor of parent banks - granting inter-bank loans, deposits, purchases of securities, payment of dividends and other operations, Deputy Head of the NBU Yakov Smoliy said.

Sanctions will be imposed against Sberbank, Prominvestbank, VTB, BM Bank and VS Bank, the NBU representative added.