Despite the promise to withdraw from Russia: Raiffeisen Bank has announced hundreds of new vacancies - ft

The bank's management declares a difficult situation, since the profits received in Russia cannot be brought abroad, and any sale of their business will require the Kremlin's approval. Recently, the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International has published hundreds of ads about vacancies in Russia. This indicates that the company's ambitious plans in this country, which is completely contrary to its official statements about the intention to leave the market. Financial Times writes about it.

The authors of the material were able to find more than 2400 employment ads, which the Austrian lender in Russia in December. Of these, about 1500 are related to sales and customer service. The text of one of the ad is that "the main goals of the bank are a significant expansion of the active client base and a stable ambiguous increase in income.

" The US edition emphasizes that this announcement does not coincide with multiple statements by Raiffeisen about the desire to cut and sell their business in Russia after the announcement of Russian President Vladimir Putin from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. For two years, the bank has been a western lender with the highest number of transactions in Russia.

Its activities are actively observed by officials of the US Ministry of Finance, and it is constantly pressing the European Central Bank, demanding the withdrawal of capital from Russia. After commenting on Raiffeisen, the company stated that after the FT conclusions, the chief executive director Johann Strobl ordered the beginning of an urgent investigation.

The report provided by the Board of the Russian Subsidiary of the Bank states that advertising was released using template information about the bank and its ambitions in Russia, which was "mistakenly not updated since the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. " "The process of reducing Russian business will take place in 2024. Raiffeisen continues to work on a potential agreement, sale or allocation, which will lead to the separation of Raiffeisenbank of Russia from the group.

These ads for work do not reflect the measures taken by the bank to reduce their Russian business, or not They answer the future plans for him, " - explained in Raiffeisen. Representatives of the bank's management claim that they are in a difficult situation, since the profits received in Russia cannot be brought abroad, and the Kremlin's approval requires any sale of their business.

At the same time, "the bank must maintain its business in Russia in working order to attract the buyer, without supporting the Russian wartime economy openly. " Lending in Russia by the Austrian bank was reduced, and such actions are planned to continue. Since the beginning of 2022, its credit portfolio has decreased by 56%. In addition, all correspondent relations with other Russian banks have also declined.

According to the Raiffeisen press service, the problem of employees' maintenance was the cause of a large amount of publications. The Bank is forced to pay inflated salaries and bonuses to keep the employees of the sales department who are now part -time, but who, according to the bank, are needed to sell business. It is known that Ukraine has called on the Raiffeisen Bank International Bank Group and other Austrian companies to give up business in Russia and not to finance war.

Nevertheless, the bank continues to work, although it states that it is looking for ways to leave the Russian market. Also, the Russian "daughter" Raiffeisen Bank provides credit holidays to Russian citizens who are fighting in Ukraine. On December 17, it became known that the National Anti -Corruption Agency (NAPC) suspended the status of an international war sponsor for the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International.