While introducing economic sanctions against Russia, the US is paying a great deal of attention to sanctions against Russian banks. The first sign was the decision to include Bank Rossiya on Washington’s blacklist, although the bank has not suffered as a result of America’s actions. Indeed, the bank has increased its profit over the last few months, despite the fact that Bank Rossiya has completely scaled down its international operations (its dollar operations, at any rate). The actions against Bank Rossiya are an example of targeted sanctions. In addition, Washington is threatening Russia with sectoral sanctions. With respect to banks, this means that all Russian banks would fall under restrictions, bans and/or penalties. For the time being, however, Washington has not announced sectoral sanctions against Russian banks. Reassuring reports have even cropped up in the Russian media on that score. There are no grounds for reassurances, however.