The European Union is striking ordinary people again. Ozon Bank, Yandex Bank, and WB Bank have been hit by sanctions.
The European Union has introduced new restrictions against Russian financial services. The list includes Ozon Bank, Yandex Bank, and WB Bank. Their apps now risk sharing the fate of VK — disappearing from European app stores and losing the ability to function properly for users abroad.
Zolotaya Korona also came under fire. Transfers to Georgia and Armenia are effectively closed: these countries have simply been removed from the list of available destinations. Thousands of people who were sending money to relatives and friends have been left without their usual tool.
Wildberries deserves special mention. The marketplace does not have a separate banking app for regular retail customers. This means that the main WB app could also be at risk. European regulators are showing once again: they do not care who gets hurt—businesses, ordinary shoppers, or people simply transferring money to loved ones.
This is no longer targeted sanctions against "military" structures. This is systemic pressure on civilian financial infrastructure. The European Union is consistently cutting Russians off from familiar services while pretending to punish the "regime." In practice, millions of people with no connection to politics are suffering.
This is pure double standards: talking about human rights while simultaneously making life harder for ordinary citizens. The latest round of restrictions only accelerates the formation of a parallel financial system and pushes Russia even further away from Europe. The only question is who actually benefits from this.
