Masked pro-Russian activists stand outside a branch of Ukraine's Privatbank during a protest in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine April 28, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner
Ukraine's Largest Bank Suspends Cash Operations In East -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Ukraine's largest bank has temporarily closed branches in separatist-held Donetsk and Luhansk, saying it could no longer carry out cash transactions in regions riddled with crime that could "threaten the lives" of its workers.
Pro-Russian separatists have targeted Privatbank, after its co-owner, billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, was appointed by the new government head of the nearby Dnipropetrovsk region and swiftly announced a $10,000 bounty on the heads of Russian "saboteurs".
Rebels, who say they want independence from Kiev, set fire to a branch in the town of Mariupol in the Donetsk region late on Saturday and raided a security truck last week in Horlivka, south of the region's main rebel stronghold.
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Update: Ukraine’s largest bank suspends work in Donetsk and Lugansk -- RT
My Comment: This is causing shock-waves throughout the region .... imagine if you cannot get your money out of your bank branch .... well this is what has essentially now happened to millions of customers in the eastern part of Ukraine .... specifically the Donetsk region.
Update #2: The American IRS is now targeting Russian banks .... US to unleash IRS on Russian banks -- AP
This is big news in Russia. The perception in Moscow is that the U.S. has now declared economic warfare against Russia
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Thats bad. It`s not helping i hope the government in Kiev wil use dialogue on the EU meeting tommorow i dont want a new cold war. I hope Russia dosent reply too angrely. Wil this have impact on the russian politics?
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