Raiffeisenbank, which announced its withdrawal from the Russian Federation, is increasing its staff

Raiffeisenbank not only does not intend to leave Russia, as it announced an hour ago, but also plans to develop business in the country, since December 2023 it has posted almost 2,500 job vacancies for its Russian division.

Of them, almost 1,500 announced are directly related to the search for sales managers and customer service specialists, informs Financial Times.

The publication turned to the head office of Raiffeisen Bank International for a comment. They said that at the request of the head of the Austrian financial conglomerate, Johann Strobl, an investigation had already been conducted. It showed that the announcements about the search for employees were allegedly written taking into account the pre-war concept of the bank’s development, which was mistakenly not changed. In fact, Raiffeisen Bank International continues to try to sell the Russian division, which is reducing the number of personnel. Financial Times journalists claim that this is not true.

• In July last year, the Reuters agency cited its sources reportedthat Raiffeisen Bank International is delaying its withdrawal from the Russian market in the hope that Russia’s war with Ukraine will soon end, and that this decision was supported by the Austrian authorities, who do not want a complete break in relations with Moscow.
• According to the Financial Times, during the first hour of the full-scale war, the Russian division of Raiffeisenbank received a record profit of 3.6 billion euros.