China Construction Bank

Business in Russia

China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) reported total assets at their Moscow subsidiaries jumped 3.3 times and 1.4 times, respectively, in 2022, while Russia was put under harsh western sanctions. The three largest banks in China have stopped accepting payments from Russian sanctioned financial organizations, Izvestia found out. We are talking about Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Construction Bank and Bank of China. This decision is associated with the risks of secondary sanctions.

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Decision date 03/09/2023 · Reference ↗

Russian companies openned accounts with the bank; decline to comment. Later, the largest Chinese state banks - Bank of China, ICBC, China Construction Bank - refuse to accept payments from banks from the Russian Federation that have come under sanctions. Two more structures of Chinese banks operate in Russia: the Russian China Construction Bank owned by China Construction Bank (assets of 20.5 billion rubles at the beginning of 2022), and China Agricultural Bank (11.8 billion rubles), the owner of which is Agricultural Bank of China. According to the financial indicators of China Construction Bank, its assets have tripled over the past year, to 60.6 billion rubles.

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Status history since 2022

1. 03/08/2026 — operating · Imported from KSE LeaveRussia

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