Following some of the harshest sanctions ever imposed on a country, Russia could face a banking crisis within a year as its economy braces for the worst contraction in nearly three decades.

How borrowers and issuers can navigate the exposure risk to recently sanctioned creditors is a difficult question to answer.

How can banks learn from this experience to be better prepared for future geopolitical conflicts?

Removal of Russian banks from Swift will not cause serious disruptions to the country’s lenders.

The CEO of VTB Capital Investments talks to Burhan Khadbai about the macroeconomic landscape, the rise of retail investing in Russia and the asset manager’s ambitions to get involved in the growing cryptocurrency market.

The rapid pace of digitalisation is disrupting traditional banking operations in Russia, encouraging incumbents to look to new business models.

Russian banks almost doubled their profits in the first half of the year, but risks are increasing.

As the country's central bank plans its central bank digital currency pilot, banks are concerned its introduction could cause funding costs to rise.