VTB Bank

Website: www.vtb.com

Type of entity: Public Joint Stock Company; Associated individuals: Andrei Leonidovich KOSTIN (President and Chairman of the Management Board); Anton SILUANOV (Chairman of the Supervisory Council); Associated entity: the Federal Agency for State Property Management (subdivision of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development) is a major shareholder

Place of registration: Degtyarnyy Pereulok, 11a, St. Petersburg, 191144, Russian Federation

VTB Bank is therefore an entity or body supporting, materially or financially, or benefitting from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine as well as a legal person, entity or body involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.

Associated entity: Federal Agency for State Property Management (subdivision of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development is a major shareholder)

Associated individuals: Andrei Leonidovitsch Kostin (President and Chairman of the Management Board); Anton Siluanov (Chairman of the Supervisory Council)

The VTB Bank is a systemically important financial institution for the Government of the Russian Federation, which in turn is a major shareholder of VTB Bank. The bank itself has close ties to Russian intelligence, and its CEO was appointed by President Vladimir Putin and has defended his actions including the annexation of the Crimean peninsula. As one of Russia’s leading financial institutions, largely owned by the Government of the Russian Federation, VTB furthermore generates high revenue for the Government of the Russian Federation. In June 2022, VTB expressed its intention to recover its former subsidiary, RNCB Bank (main bank in Crimea with 70 % of customers on the peninsula), which was nationalised following the 2014 sanctions. In October 2022, President Putin signed a law authorizing the government to transfer 100 % of RNCB shares to VTB. In November 2022, the General Director of VTB announced the completion of the transfer of RNBC to VTB in the first quarter of 2023. VTB would thus become the leading bank in Crimea.

Type of entity: Public Joint Stock Company; Associated individuals: Andrei Leonidovich KOSTIN (President and Chairman of the Management Board); Anton SILUANOV (Chairman of the Supervisory Council); Associated entity: the Federal Agency for State Property Management (subdivision of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development) is a major shareholder

VTB Bank est un établissement financier d’importance systémique pour le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie, qui est, quant à lui, l’un des principaux actionnaires de VTB Bank. La banque elle-même entretient des liens étroits avec le renseignement russe, et son PDG a été nommé par le président Vladimir Poutine et a défendu ses actions, y compris l’annexion de la péninsule de Crimée. Étant l’un des principaux établissements financiers de Russie, VTB, détenue en grande partie par le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie, génère en outre d’importantes recettes pour ce dernier. En juin 2022, VTB a fait part de son intention de récupérer son ancienne filiale, RNCB Bank (principale banque de Crimée avec 70 % des clients de la péninsule), qui a été nationalisée à la suite des sanctions de 2014. En octobre 2022, le président Poutine a signé une loi autorisant le gouvernement à transférer 100 % des actions de RNCB à VTB. En novembre 2022, le directeur général de VTB a annoncé que le transfert de RNCB à VTB s’achèverait au cours du premier trimestre de 2023. VTB deviendrait ainsi la première banque de Crimée. VTB Bank est donc une entité ou un organisme apportant un soutien matériel ou financier au gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie, qui est responsable de l’annexion de la Crimée et de la déstabilisation de l’Ukraine, ou tirant avantage de ce gouvernement, ainsi qu’une personne morale, une entité ou un organisme ayant une activité dans des secteurs économiques qui constituent une source substantielle de revenus pour le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie, qui est responsable de l’annexion de la Crimée et de la déstabilisation de l’Ukraine.

Listed under Schedule 2 of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855). (Consolidated List Group ID): 14195.

(List of persons named in relation to financial and investment restrictions Group ID): 13080. Other suspected locations: Moscow, Russia. The prohibition on correspondent banking relationships etc. measure was imposed on 15/12/2023.

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For more information on directives, please visit the following link: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/ukraine.aspx#directives.