The European Central Bank (ECB) is poised to order Italy’s UniCredit to cut back its business with Russia, two people with knowledge of the discussions said, as the regulator exerts pressure to choke off European financial ties with Moscow.
The demand on the second-biggest European bank in Russia would be similar to what the ECB wants from Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), the largest Western bank active in the country, the people told Reuters, requesting anonymity because the matter is confidential...
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