Market price of key Russian companies on the London Stock Exchange 2022
Russia's central bank, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR), acknowledged that the banking sector had lost liquidity and increased interest rates from 9.5 to 20 percent. In addition, the government introduced capital controls by ordering every private company to sell currency to the Bank of Russia and prohibited residents from making foreign transfers. Customers of sanctioned banks were prevented from using Apple Pay, Google Pay and, Samsung Pay.
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, is leaving the European market as a result of pressure from Western sanctions. On February 28, the European Central Bank reported that Sberbank Europe and its subsidiaries in Croatia and Slovenia were at risk of bankruptcy as a result of a deterioration in its liquidity.
On March 2, the London Stock Exchange suspended trading in global depository receipts (GDRs) of several Russian companies, including Rosneft, Sberbank, Gazprom, En+, and Lukoil, with immediate effect.