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The Human Rights Association for the Prevention of Discrimination against Russian Germans in Germany (VADAR) spoke about numerous complaints against Commerzbank from German residents with Russian citizenship and citizens of other countries with Russian surnames. One of the largest banks in the country close the accounts of Russians, preventing them from withdrawing funds from ATMs, the association's telegram channel reports.
It is stressed that Russians and mixed families, in which one of the members has a Russian passport, suffer from the discriminatory actions of the bank. Employees of companies run by Russian citizens, and even German citizens with Russian surnames were also affected.
In addition, according to the association, unfriendly actions by the German bank affected the citizens of Ukraine, a number of CIS countries and Israel, united by the Russian language. VADAR called such selective sanctions discrimination.
The association is waiting for an explanation from representatives of the bank, which is one of the three largest financial institutions in Germany in terms of assets. In the meantime, they urged fellow citizens not to resort to the services of the bank until it returns to equal customer service. VADAR Chairman Ulrich Oime noted that the bank's actions "violate basic human rights." The lawyers of the association did not find any indications of such discriminatory restrictions in the sanctions documents of the European Union. It is noted that many banks have kept the service as it was.
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