I’m thinking about this too. I’m considering going to Belarus to open an account, but I’m worried — the risk they’ll shut everything down there isn’t small. I’m moving in the fall; my salary will be paid into a ruble UniCredit account in Russia, and I’d like to transfer money from there to here. How have people handled this setup?
Using a Belarusian bank right now is really risky — I’ve heard stories where accounts were closed without warning, right in the middle of transfers. When I was moving I just went to an Italian bank with a statement from my Russian one, told them everything honestly — they were fine with it. Maybe it’s easier to just open a bank account here straight away and not send money through third countries?
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Are transfers from UniCredit’s ruble accounts going through at all right now? I thought everything there had been frozen long ago.
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oh, UniCredit still seems to work for sending to Italy via SWIFT, but the fees have become ridiculous and the timing is unpredictable. for a friend it took three weeks instead of the promised five days) so technically it’s possible, but I wouldn’t rely on it as your main salary channel, honestly.
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