Dear Crew,
You are probably aware by now about international sanctions on certain banks in Russia which will result in difficulties in remitting your salary into your Russian bank account.
If you are holding a bank account with a bank who is currently sanctioned by the EU, US or UK we are unable to make any payments to your bank account for any monies due.
The list of financial institutions affected by the sanctions can be found on U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs | U.S. Department of the Treasury (there are certain Russian banks we are aware of that directly affect our crew are Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, SBERbank and VTB and any of their subsidiary organisations).
You may wish to consider to open a bank account with a non-sanctioned bank (non-Russian owned) or an alternative option might be an organisation such as Revolut Bank (we do have non-Russian crew members using this bank). Currently the only banks that some of our Russian crew hold accounts with that are not impacted for now are as follow:
AO RAIFFEISENBANK
AVANGARD JOINT STOCK BANK
BANK SAINT-PETERSBURG PJSC
BCS BANK BCSBRUSS
PJSC ROSBANK
If you are able to establish a new bank account with a non-sanction bank, please assist to complete the new bank details in the attached form and send back to Offshore Crewing Support