This is the first legal action against French banks after the Ukrainian war. According to our information, 76 plaintiffs of Russian origin, but also French with a Slavic sound, have just filed a discrimination complaint against X in a Paris court. On Monday, the seized justice will have to study dozens of pages that relate to the Kafkaesque situation in which these people were immersed.
A few days after the attack on Ukraine, they all became suspects with their banks, which Europe summoned for attacking the accounts of Russian oligarchs close to Putin. But instead of taking targeted action, these institutions, to read the complaint, have swept through their clients’ portfolios. Everything with a Russian name was caught in software networks, and the ax fell on perfectly integrated people. Their accounts have been blocked or closed, their loans have been denied…
Source: Le Figaro
