‘At the time of a crisis, the number of bank-related complaints has gone up by 50%. All in all, we have received fifty-four complaints about the banks’ activity since the outbreak of the trouble,’ Inna Abolonina, Sverdlovsk Region Consumer Rights Protection Society’s legal advisor said to UrBC.

‘Most complaints have to do with lending issues and bank deposits, with the latter dominating over the former. People complain of a whole range of banks, including Bank Russkiy Standart and Sberinvestbank,’ she added.