4 May 2022 16:12

Great Britain imposes sanctions against CEOs of Otkritie FC, Sovcombank

MOSCOW. May 4 (Interfax) - Great Britain has imposed sanctions against Mikhail Zadornov, CEO of Otkritie FC , and Dmitry Gusev, chairman of Sovcombank's executive board, according to a statement posted on the website of the country's government.

The sanctions list also includes Tatyana Nesterenko, Otkritie's deputy chairperson and former first deputy finance minister of Russia; Dmitry Levin; as well as Oleg Mashtalyar, deputy chairman of Sovcombank.

All listed persons are also included in the sanctions list of the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Otkritie and Sovcombank were among the first Russian credit institutions to be sanctioned by the United States, Great Britain, and the European Union, and have been cut off from the SWIFT financial messaging system.