Czech human rights activists demand to investigate Raiffeisen Bank's activities in Russia

The Czech Association for the Rights of Citizens and Entrepreneurs believes that the bank supports Russia's war against Ukraine by paying taxes there.

This was reported by Czech TV.

The Austrian banking group Raiffeisen Bank International is the largest European bank that still operating in Russia. 

"Unfortunately, they pay income tax to the Russian state budget, which uses it to finance aggression against Ukraine," adds Pelcl, a bank customer himself.

In the Czech Republic, a group of the bank's clients has launched a petition for the bank's withdrawal from Russia. 

"The idea of using the same bank card as, figuratively speaking, a supplier of military equipment to the Russian army, for example, is unbearable for us," Pelcl says.