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St. Petersburg, July 6 Russia should be proud of its banking sector: customers appreciate its work, and the industry itself withstood the «direct fire» of Western sanctions, said the head of Sberbank German Gref.
Speaking at the financial congress of the Central Bank, he noted that many who went abroad complain about local «cave» banking, while, for example, no one complains about European cars.
«There are not many areas where the client evaluates the work of a particular sector in this way. This is true in the financial sector. This is something we can be proud of, and we are always trying to level it,» the head of Sberbank emphasized.
sector of the Russian Federation, while not a single bank collapsed.
The Financial Congress of the Bank of Russia takes place on July 6-7 in St. Petersburg. It acts as the general information partner of the congress.