The head of Sberbank, Herman Gref, said that the group is ready for any sanctions.

When you are threatened with something every day, eventually it stops scaring you, so we cannot be scared by it. What will be, will be, we are ready for all scenarios,” Gref said during the Gaidar Forum.

Earlier, a group of Democrats led by Robert Menendez proposed a bill on restrictive measures against Russia in case of escalation of tension around Ukraine. The document includes sanctions against the largest Russian banks.

The list includes 12 organizations: Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, VEB, Rosselkhozbank, RDIF, Moscow Credit Bank, Alfa Bank, FC Otkrytie, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and Transcapitalbank. Prohibitive measures may also affect high-ranking officials of the country, in particular, President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

In total, the list includes 12 people. Gref also noted that starting Monday, January 17, half of Sberbank’s employees will be switched to remote working mode. “It’s a very contagious thing (“omicron”). We are sending 50% [of employees] to remote work from Monday and transferring all meetings to virtual [mode],” he said.