Some of Russia's big private banks were faced with the risk of banking license revocation in August–September 2017. The financial resolution of Bank Otkritie and of Binbank was implemented using a new mechanism – The Fund for Banking Sector Consolidation

The ongoing revival of Russia's positive economic growth rates in 2017 was anticipated by an overwhelming majority of experts. A certain correction was reasonably expected following the 2015/16 decline in GDP and in investment and a drastic fall of living standards for the first time in 15...