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Ukraine’s largest bank shuts

Published: 06 May 2014 - 01:15 am | Last Updated: 28 Jan 2022 - 02:37 pm

People gather at the entrance of a closed branch of Privatbank in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, yesterday. Privatbank, Ukraine’s largest bank, has temporarily closed branches in Donetsk and Luhansk, saying it could no longer carry out cash transactions in regions riddled with crime that could ‘threaten the lives’ of its workers.