Austria’s secret service gives green light to buy bankrupt Russian financial institution Sberbank despite tough sanctions over Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine! Millionaire financiers around longtime Bank Austria boss Gerhard Randa and Putin fan Siegfried Wolf – accused of money laundering in the Eurofighter affair – are being traded as buyers.
As the “Krone” reported, a hand-picked group around Wolf wants to take over the heavily underwritten Russian Sberbank in Austria. Of course, this has been officially denied so far…
The fact is: according to Article 8 of the Sanctions Act, the Ministry of the Interior must “supervise the implementation of sanctions”. An application from investors has been submitted to the news service DSN. Now the internal protection of the Constitution gave the green light for the takeover!
“DSN has reviewed applications”
In dry official German it says: “In the case of Sberbank Europe AG, the EU regulation allows the Austrian authorities to grant approval for the sale until June 17, 2023, and the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN) has decided to decline to handle the transaction of the relevant applications that have been declared responsible in this case. The DSN checked the applications received in accordance with the applicable regulations and made the necessary announcements.”
And what about the charges against Wolf in the crime thriller Eurofighter? This would not affect the Sanctions Act, it is said. After checking by the secret service of the police, it is now the turn of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (FMA) for final official approval…
Source: Krone
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