| 17.09.2026 Opalesque Exclusive: Grizzly Research targets Raiffeisen Bank International over Russia sanctions exposure and EUR12.6bn of trapped cash |
| Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Grizzly Research, the activist short seller, published a lengthy report on Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI), the Vienna-listed group whose Russian subsidiary, AO Raiffeisenbank, is the largest Western bank still operating in Russia. The report alleges that the Russian unit has become a channel for sanctions circumvention while RBI tells investors it is winding th |