Russian banks in Ukraine have become sheep to the slaughter
The fact that the attack on the subsidiaries of Russian banks in Ukraine continues, despite the change of ownership, shows that behind all this there is a struggle for the banks’ assets.
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Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The form of pseudo-sale of Sberbank that was implemented in Ukraine did not convince anyone. The fact that the management of these banks is nominally passing from the hands of the Russian state into the hands of Russian business, albeit affiliated with some international structures, and is being transferred not for money, but through the exchange of assets, has not convinced anyone that these banks are so critical They changed owners because it is unclear where the state ends and business begins. On the other hand, the ongoing attack on the Ukrainian subsidiaries of Russian banks shows us that in fact behind all this there is, first of all, a struggle for assets,” the expert is convinced.
He believes that pressure on Russian banks in Ukraine will continue until they come under the control of those who ordered pogroms and attacks on financial institutions.
“Here the issue of patriotism, nationalism, and state interests is secondary. This is a camouflage for real interests to seize these assets, which are worth billions. Today, these Russian banks have turned out to be a kind of sheep for the slaughter, a very rich and convenient figure for attack, thanks to which it is possible to solve a lot of personal financial problems for many representatives of the Ukrainian and transnational elites who were drawn into the Ukrainian conflict,” Bortnyk concluded.
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