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Britain mistakenly puts Russian central bank’s address on sanctions list -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILEPHOTO: An officer stands guard outside the Bank of Russia’s main entrance in Moscow, Russia on June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain mistakenly gave Tuesday’s address for the Russian central bank to a private bank that has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was the reason Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced sanctions.

Johnson placed sanctions on five banks, including Bank Rossiya. The government claimed that the bank was owned “privately by elite Russian billionaires who have direct connections to Putin”, but left Russia’s biggest state banks unaffected.

It was mistakenly stated that Bank Rossiya’s location is “Neglinnaya (12 Moscow), 107016 Russia”, but this address corresponds to Russia’s central bank.

St Petersburg is home to the private Bank Rossiya. Since at least 100 years, Neglinnaya Street has housed a Soviet or Russian central bank.

It is not possible to suggest that Britain sanctioned the Russian central bank.

The British foreign ministry didn’t respond to our request for comment about the mix-up. Reuters asked the Russian central banking in Moscow not to comment.

A source close to the Russian central bank said their understanding was that it was a mistake and that it had had no impact on the bank’s operations.

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