Kremlin says worried by pressure on Russian business in Ukraine

Reuters

Published Mar 28, 2017 06:09AM ET

Updated Mar 28, 2017 06:20AM ET

Kremlin says worried by pressure on Russian business in Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin is extremely worried by pressure put in Ukraine on the Russian business, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Kiev has recently imposed sanctions on Sberbank (MM:SBER) and other Russian state-owned banks operating in Ukraine as part of a broader flare-up in tensions linked to separatist regions of eastern Ukraine which are backed by Russia.

Russian media has also reported that some Ukrainian nationalists have staged protests over Russian business in Ukraine.