INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Major Western banks' Russian divisions have started hiring staff this month after Moscow obstructed their exit from the country, Reuters
but they have recently started hiring again after realizing they would not be able to easily withdraw.Deputy Finance Minister Alexei
Moiseyev last week said Moscow would block the sale of foreign banks' Russian businesses as long as Russian banks abroad were unable to
knowledge of the matter.After little hiring activity in Russia from April to June, foreign banks started posting a number of job vacancies
in July, leading online recruitment platform Headhunter told Reuters.Raiffeisen Bank posted 276 vacancies in Russia in July, while Citi has
hiring a credit manager with a monthly salary of up to 200,000 rubles ($3,609) as well as a junior expert, online job adverts
settlement positions, according to online job adverts.UniCredit Bank Russia, part of UniCredit Group, had 10 IT-related vacancies, Reuters
total banking capital at the end of 2021, the latest Central Bank data shows.