Only two or three Russian banks have assets of more than $1 billion.

Yet the person received almost $300 million in credits from Russian banks.

The holding company also owns a Russian bank (see below).

Russian banks lost money on the stock markets and in bonds.

At first, working with Russian banks seemed like a fruitful new business.

Russian banks in need of cash can borrow for a short time.

He also said a single Russian bank, rather than a network, might have planned the transfers.

Russian Bank is a card game for two players from the solitaire family.

It was expanded to all foreign activities, with the exception of the Russian banks, a year later.

Then they covered that bet by entering into the opposite trade with a big Russian bank.

From that time, Russian banks gained an outlet to the stock market.

Russian banks owe lots of dollars and are having trouble paying them back.

When this is over, he predicted, "a forward with a Russian bank won't be worth the paper it's printed on."

But the market is working again now, with telecom companies able to borrow from large Russian banks at an interest rate of 16pc.

Russian banks and companies had tapped international capital markets during the boom years.

"Very few Russian banks are prepared to lend money for such projects.

Occasionally, it has played at receptions or concerts for Russian banks.

So Russian banks were unable to introduce a grace period for credit cards.

The first is that Russian banks have entered more than $10 billion worth of currency deals with foreign lenders.

Russian banks are currently operating under the protection of a 90-day debt moratorium.

The tax agency has conducted two well-publicized raids on Russian banks.

It is true that the Russian banks, which are weak and fragmented, have been careless.

The name of the game has clearly been to try to avoid sparking a panic and causing a run on Russian banks.

Entrepreneurs seldom turn to Russian banks because they charge exorbitant interest rates.

The Russian banks have been criticized for freewheeling ways.