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Most breaches occurred between February and November 2022, involving accounts linked to Sovcomflot, Alfa-Bank, Gazprombank, and Credit Bank of Moscow.","category":"Business & Economy","area":"United Kingdom","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T12:46:00.002Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-02T11:48:12.741Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T13:30:25.433Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":85,"critic":85,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Two full reports with named sources and documents corroborate the fine and breaches.","critic":"All key facts are specific, separate from comment, and include affected parties.","hype":"Headlines are measured; body matches the tone."}},"tags":["#RussiaSanctions","#UKFinancialRegulation","#CitibankFine","#OFSIPenalty","#BankingCompliance"],"entities":["Citibank","Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)","PJSC Sovcomflot","Alfa-Bank","PJSC Gazprombank","Credit Bank of Moscow"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The UK fined Citibank’s London branch £4.7 million ($6.35 million) for 970 payments worth £19.7 million that breached Russia sanctions in 2022.","The breaches involved accounts linked to PJSC Sovcomflot, Alfa-Bank, PJSC Gazprombank, and Credit Bank of Moscow, as stated by OFSI.","Citibank voluntarily disclosed most breaches and said it took sanctions compliance seriously, though OFSI called the failings material and significant.","No left-rated outlet reported the story, while centre and right-rated outlets led on the fine and the bank’s response."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) fined Citibank’s London branch £4.7 million ($6.35 million) for processing 970 payments that breached Russia sanctions. The transactions, worth a total of £19.7 million, occurred mostly between February and November 2022. OFSI said the payments involved accounts linked to sanctioned entities, including PJSC Sovcomflot, Alfa-Bank, PJSC Gazprombank, and Credit Bank of Moscow."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Citibank voluntarily disclosed most of the breaches to OFSI. A spokesperson for the bank said it took sanctions compliance seriously and had cooperated with the regulator throughout the investigation. OFSI stated it found no intent to breach sanctions but described the errors as material and significant, affecting multiple business areas and systems within the bank."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the fine’s dollar value"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Outlets disagreed on the dollar equivalent of the £4.7 million fine. Most reported it as $6.35 million, including Devdiscourse, Business Times, and Bloomberg. 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