{"id":1336293,"date":"2025-12-23T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/it-is-becoming-more-difficult-for-russians-to-open-accounts-outside-the-russian-federation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:00:18","slug":"it-is-becoming-more-difficult-for-russians-to-open-accounts-outside-the-russian-federation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/it-is-becoming-more-difficult-for-russians-to-open-accounts-outside-the-russian-federation\/","title":{"rendered":"It is becoming more difficult for Russians to open accounts outside the Russian Federation."},"content":{"rendered":"

Banks in a number of countries have begun to significantly complicate Russians’ access to financial services abroad. This applies to both individuals and businesses connected to Russia.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported by<\/a> the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Financial institutions in Armenia, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Oman, and several other countries have dramatically increased compliance controls. Banks are more likely to check the origin of funds, the purpose of payments, and international transfers, and in some cases, suspend transactions or close accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Customers are required to provide additional documents confirming legal residence, official employment, or real business activity. In the absence of such confirmations, banks refuse to make payments or block accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The strengthening of control follows the decision of the European Commission<\/span> of December 3, 2025, which included Russia on the list of high-risk countries due to serious deficiencies in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This decision forces banks even in third countries to apply enhanced checks to any transactions involving Russian residents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The key factor for financial institutions remains the risk of secondary sanctions from the US and EU, as well as reputational damage. As a result, the gradual financial isolation of Russians is taking shape, which goes far beyond the formal sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even in countries that have not officially joined the sanctions, ties to Russian capital are increasingly seen as an unacceptable risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was previously reported that the Russian economy is facing serious challenges due to the war in Ukraine, and the situation may worsen further in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n

As a reminder, the Council of the European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. The restrictions will be in effect at least until July 31, 2026.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Banks in a number of countries have begun to significantly complicate Russians’ access to financial services abroad. This applies to both individuals and businesses connected to Russia. This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. Financial institutions in Armenia, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Oman, and several other countries have dramatically increased compliance controls. Banks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1336288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76892],"class_list":["post-1336293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1336288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}