The European Union decided this Friday, January 27 to extend its sanctions against Russia for six months and is also preparing new measures. The banking sector has just ended the year with its worst result for seven years, but is showing itself to be very resilient.
From our correspondent in Moscow,
Net profit of the sector in this ” crisis year 2022 as the daily says RBK, 203 billion rubles, barely two and a half billion euros. That’s a 90% drop from the previous year, but, and that’s what RBK emphasizes from the beginning of his article, it is better than the forecasts of the Central Bank.
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The outlook for 2023 is better
For Reuters, the Russian banking sector, which saw the Swift cut, had to close for those who had all its branches in much of Europe, shows “ some resilience “. In fact, it was above all the start of the year that saw revenues plummet. Depositors withdrew their money en masse in the spring before returning at the end of the year.
Still, there is damage in the sector and some establishments are far from being restored. For this, we cling. The outlook for 2023 is better: like the rest of the economy, the banking sector is beginning a pivot, falling euro and dollar portfolios and closer ties with China and India.
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