The largest western banks that remain in Russia paid the Kremlin more than €800mn of taxes last year, a fourfold increase on prewar levels, despite promises to minimise their Russian exposure after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The seven top European banks by assets in Russia — Raiffeisen Bank International, UniCredit, ING, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo and OTP — reported a combined profit of more than €3bn in 2023.
Those profits were three times more than in 2021 and were partly generated by funds that the banks cannot withdraw from the country.
您已阅读9%（571字），剩余91%（5762字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。