People queue to withdraw US dollars from an ATM in a Moscow supermarket on Thursday. Photo: SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
People queue to withdraw US dollars from an ATM in a Moscow supermarket on Thursday. Photo: SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Ukraine

Ukraine war: Singapore slaps sanctions on Russian banks, cryptocurrency transactions

  • The unilateral measures include the imposition of export controls on items that can be used as weapons and targeted financial curbs on designated Russian banks
  • Singapore’s biggest banks have already halted issuing US dollars for trades involving oil and liquefied natural gas

People queue to withdraw US dollars from an ATM in a Moscow supermarket on Thursday. Photo: SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
People queue to withdraw US dollars from an ATM in a Moscow supermarket on Thursday. Photo: SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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