Announcement
23 Feb 2022
In February 2022, the government of Australia prohibited Australian individuals and companies carry out business operations with five banks, as well as, carrying out capital investments in VEB, the Russian Development Bank.
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Implementation date
23 Feb 2022
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Feb 2022
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
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On 23 February 2022, the Goverment of Australia announced a prohibition to carrying out business operations with six Russian banks, resulting in the freeze of assets related to these financial institu...
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