WESTERN BANKS NOW LIKELY TO IMPOSE TIGHTER RULES ON RUSSIANPARTNERS.

In the wake of the Citibank scandal in which a Russianhacker broke into the computers of the New York bank, Westernbanks are likely to demand that their Russian clients and partnersmeet far higher standards, Izvestiya suggested on August23.

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