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| Russian bank blocks Iran embassy accounts in Moscow |
| 2012-03-03 |
| [Iran Press TV] A Russian state-controlled bank has closed down the accounts of Iranian embassy staff in Moscow in obvious submission to unilateral sanctions imposed by the West against Iran. Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Seyyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi was quoted by Dow Jones as criticizing the measure on Friday, accusing the Russian bank of surrendering to US-led financial sanctions against Tehran. He added that shutting down the embassy's accounts were ordered at short notice by VTB 24, the retail banking arm of Russia's second-largest bank VTB, and even his own credit card has been blocked. "The bank said that this was an order from their top management, and they couldn't do anything about it," Sajjadi wrote in a blog post. "This behavior on the bank's part is ill-mannered, unprofessional and characteristics of Third World countries. Even banks in Britannia and La Belle France are not ready to take such liberties with our embassy employees," he said. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed this guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... a front man from VTB 24 said the move was a "purely economic" one, saying the bank's wage project with the embassy was being closed because it is unprofitable. The embassy had been informed a week in advance of the closure, he claimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Can't Iranian embassy staff just put their money in a privately-run Russian bank?? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2012-03-03 10:22 |
| #1 The Russians policy is that when they send a message, they want it understood clear as a bell. In this case, when the balloon goes up, don't even think you can store your loot in Moscow. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-03-03 09:37 |