KIEV (Sputnik) — On March 7, the NBU said it might initiate sanctions against the subsidiary of Russia's Sberbank in the country if the Russian leading bank started providing services for holders of passports of self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics.
"The National Bank of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine are instructed to analyze activities of Ukrainian banking institutions with Russian state banks' share in funds, and to submit the relevant proposals, including on imposing sanctions on them, during the day," NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov was quoted as saying by the press service.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was concerned about the situation and could not understand the reluctance or inability of the Ukrainian authorities to stop vandalism.