Pixalate has identified at least 34 apps belonging to Sberbank - a Russian state-owned bank - that remain available in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
On February 24, 2022, OFAC updated its Russian-related designations and included Sberbank to its non-SDN menu-based sanctions list due to OFAC’s assertion that Sberbank is “furthering specified harmful foreign activities of the Russian Federation.” Additionally, OFAC added certain Sberbank subsidiaries to its correspondent account or payable-through account (CAPTA) list of sanctioned companies. These sanctions fall under certain directives in Executive Order 14024. According to the U.S. Treasury, “the Russia-related CAPTA Directive prohibits any transaction that evades or avoids … or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions of [the] directive….”
Download the 34 apps here, including which permissions they request access to (such as GPS coordinates and camera).
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