Immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus lost access to savings in Argentine Galicia. ASTRA spoke to one of the victims The problem with not being able to access your accounts at Banco Galicia in Argentina began to be reported on social media as early as October 28. According to unconfirmed reports, citizens of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus have encountered problems. No official comments were made by the credit institution. ASTRA contacted one of those who experienced this problem. A citizen of the Russian Federation, who already has a permanent residence permit in Argentina, said he noticed the first notices of a block on October 29: "Personally, I don't have a physical card like many others here. Everyone uses NFC. I rarely used this bank. The money is there. I paid bills once a month. And suddenly they write about problems in chats. I'm checking. And I don't see my account, except for my last name. I can't look at the balance or do a translation. It was not blocked that it was not empty. "Two days later, the situation was no longer clear. "People come to the bank. They are allowed to withdraw some minimum amounts. But they don't say anything officially. In the details at reception they explain that the problem is with Russian passports. At the same time, some of the contestants have a temporary residence permit, some have a permanent residence permit, and some already have citizenship. I couldn't find any complaints from Argentines online. Judging by the chats, not all Russians have problems, but probably 50 to 50. Someone wrote that it also affected the Ukrainians, but there are very few of them here. It seems that the Belarusians were also blocked," said the Russian citizen. ASTRA's interlocutor believes that we are talking about illiterate actions of bank employees in an attempt to avoid secondary US sanctions: "We will file a class action lawsuit if the situation is not corrected. About 300 people have already organized for this." Earlier, ASTRA spoke about the problems of the Russians in Serbia, who faced the inability to manage their assets in the Serbian ALTA bank.

Immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus lost access to savings in Argentine Galicia. ASTRA spoke to one of the victims The problem with not being able to access your accounts at Banco Galicia in Argentina began to be reported on social media as early as October 28. According to unconfirmed reports, citizens of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus have encountered problems. No official comments were made by the credit institution. ASTRA contacted one of those who experienced this problem. A citizen of the Russian Federation, who already has a permanent residence permit in Argentina, said he noticed the first notices of a block on October 29: "Personally, I don't have a physical card like many others here. Everyone uses NFC. I rarely used this bank. The money is there. I paid bills once a month. And suddenly they write about problems in chats. I'm checking. And I don't see my account, except for my last name. I can't look at the balance or do a translation. It was not blocked that it was not empty. "Two days later, the situation was no longer clear. "People come to the bank. They are allowed to withdraw some minimum amounts. But they don't say anything officially. In the details at reception they explain that the problem is with Russian passports. At the same time, some of the contestants have a temporary residence permit, some have a permanent residence permit, and some already have citizenship. I couldn't find any complaints from Argentines online. Judging by the chats, not all Russians have problems, but probably 50 to 50. Someone wrote that it also affected the Ukrainians, but there are very few of them here. It seems that the Belarusians were also blocked," said the Russian citizen. ASTRA's interlocutor believes that we are talking about illiterate actions of bank employees in an attempt to avoid secondary US sanctions: "We will file a class action lawsuit if the situation is not corrected. About 300 people have already organized for this." Earlier, ASTRA spoke about the problems of the Russians in Serbia, who faced the inability to manage their assets in the Serbian ALTA bank.