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Italy's banking giant UniCredit challenges terms set by European regulator to cut its exposure to Russia, seeks ruling from the EU's General Court (www.reuters.com)
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UniCredit said on Monday it was challenging the terms set by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the Italian bank to cut its exposure to Russia, and seeking a ruling from the European Union's General Court, as well as a freezing of the request in the meantime.

Euro zone banks still involved with Russia more than two years after Moscow invaded Ukraine have come under growing pressure in recent weeks from the bloc's supervisors, as well as U.S. authorities, over their ties to the country.

A complex regulatory backdrop, involving Western sanctions against Moscow and local laws in Russia where the Italian group runs a retail bank, meant it had to "seek clarity and certainty" on the actions it needed to take, UniCredit said in a statement two and a half years after Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.

After Austria's Raiffeisen, UniCredit has the biggest exposure to Russia, where it runs a top 15 bank, among European lenders.

Raiffeisen has no plans to take legal action against the ECB over the request to reduce its Russia-related business, a spokesperson has said.

"For anyone who believes that Ukraine's fight against Russia is important for the security of Europe, the fact that UniCredit stayed in Russia, made profits, and is now suing the ECB over their attempts to get it to leave, this doesn't look good," said Nicolas Veron of Brussels think tank Bruegel.

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[-] kleso@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

One of the biggest banks in Latvia, ABLV, had their banking license pulled overnight and was forced into liquidation for a mere SUSPICION of enabling money laundering operations for/through russia. Later it was found that it was not guilty. That was before the war. It bewilders me the there are still at least two banks that continue operations in russia and ECB has not persecuted them to the same extent as a Latvian one.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Banks in Latvia are unstable AF in general. Bad example.

[-] kleso@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

It matters not if the bank is stable or not. It matters that mere allegation caused ECB to switch off their operations. On the other side, we have at least two other banks who are openly continuing to work in russia against sanctions and they don't get the same treatment.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

It matters a lot when the country can't sustain its banking industry for decades. Also ABLV was closed in 2018, way before the war. So stop spreading dumb bull shit, ok?

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