Russia’s largest lender Sberbank posted a record net profit of 1.49 billion rubles ($16.87 billion) in 2023, marking a fivefold increase from the year before, when Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine hammered Russia’s financial sector.
The preliminary financial results, released Wednesday, show the bank’s recovery from a 75% drop in 2022, as Russian banks lost access to global payment systems and much of their overseas business.
Sberbank’s previous record net profit stood at 1.246 trillion rubles in 2021 before falling to 300 billion rubles in 2022.
“The year 2023 was a landmark for our team as we identified key strategic development areas,” Sberbank CEO German Gref said Wednesday, pointing to the bank’s efforts to build an AI-powered “human-centric” business model for “long-term sustainability.”
Sberbank was among the first Russian companies to be sanctioned over Moscow’s invasion, leading to its complete withdrawal from the European market.
Last year, the lender launched operations in annexed Crimea after years of avoiding such a move due to threats of Western sanctions.
Sberbank has over 100 million customers in Russia and several former Soviet republics.
(C)MOSCOW TIMES 2024
Sanctions dont work………………………………………
Here we have another example of the media using numbers again. Journalism and mathematics don’t mix at all.
“Russia’s largest lender Sberbank posted a record net profit of 1.49 billion rubles ($16.87 billion) in 2023”
$16.87 billion dollars is 1.49 TRILLION Rubles.
1.49 billion rubles is $16.8 MILLION dollars.
My guess is they intended the first one.
I think it’s 1.49 billion dollars aka 16.87 billion roubles. (?)
Nah, I think the rate is like 86 for a dollar now.
Oops! I didn’t know the exchange rate. Well, then the numbers are complete bullshit. Bad journalism.
More likely lies or putler had devalued the rubble yet again.
How do those who are responsible for creating the sanctions from hell feel like when they read such news?
I wonder who bought up shitloads of rubbles and then when the rate increased due to the created demand, sold them.
Sanctions can be useful if your an overpaid Public ‘Servant’
The filthy Swiss?