The Russian Financial Corporation (RFK) was included in the updated "black list" of the US due to its ties with Syria. This became known The Bell. Several sources of the publication confirmed that it was through this credit organization that the main calculations between Syria and Russia. RFK is by no means the largest bank in Russia, it occupies 186 place in terms of assets. Its main customers are counterparties of the state corporation Rostek, including Rosoboronexport,. In 2017 year.
trade turnover between Russia and Syria totaled $ 282.7 million. Of them, in terms of exports, $ 279.8 million, imports - $ 2.9 million, the newspaper writes, citing data from the Federal Customs Service. It is noted that these figures, most likely, do not take into account the calculations for military products, since such information can be classified. On sanctions against the RFK, the US Treasury announced April 6, 2018. The official reason - the proximity of the bank to "Rosoboronexport".