PROMSVYAZBANK is a Russian State-owned bank, which provides financial support to the Russian defence sector and the Russian military, which is responsible for the massive deployment of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine and for the presence of Russian troops in the Crimean peninsula.
PROMSVYAZBANK operates in the Crimean peninsula and in other Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia. In 2023, PROMSVYAZBANK completed the purchase of two banks, owned by the DPR and LPR. Thus, it is conducting transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
PROMSVYAZBANK is directly instructed by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and therefore provides financial and material support to Russian decision-makers responsible for the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea.