[2024] NZSSAA 01 (30 January 2024) [pdf, 268 KB]
...from using the International Money Transfer System, SWIFT, to transfer money overseas.3 This prohibition applied to Sberbank from 30 May 2022. 7. In response to the restrictions the Russian Government issued Decree No. 757 on 26 April 2022, formerly suspending all Russian pensions paid overseas. Under the Decree a person’s Russian pension is suspended unless they have made a successful application for reinstatement. Such an application requires a Russian bank account which th...