[QUOTE=Guest]I wonder if Russian banks are part of their military, if other world banks don't loan money for investment what the hell is wrong with using banks that loan it, never Trumpers are hung up on the fake Russian connection.[/QUOTE]

"In the debate over whether to lift U.S. sanctions against Russia, at least one player has a clear stake in the outcome: Russia’s state-run banks. Sberbank and VTB Group—Russia’s two largest financial institutions—have been lobbying Congress to ease sanctions levied on the banks in 2014 as punishment for the country’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. The sanctions prevent the banks—and therefore the Russian government, which is the majority shareholder for both—from raising money on Wall Street. American financial institutions are barred from trading stocks and equity with the banks or providing long-term financing."

Why Russian Banks Have an Interest in Washington - The Atlantic

"The two banks play an important role in Russia’s economy and government. VTB, for example, finances many Russian government programs and its defense industry, such as weapons manufacturers, says Sergey Aleksashenko, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who previously worked as a deputy finance minister for the Russian Federation. He said it’s not surprising that the bank hired a lobbyist in Washington. “VTB intends to be an international bank, and to be an international bank you have to do business in the financial capitals of the world,” says "