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Swedish banks stop payments from Russian-owned Kubal, report says

Payments from the Russian-owned, Sundsvall-based aluminum manufacturer Kubal have been stopped by Swedish banks, reports Dagens Industri. The information about the payment problems comes after the Swedish Tax Agency froze SEK 56 million in Kubal's tax account at the beginning of the summer.

According to the Swedish Tax Agency's decision, the EU-sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska controls the company, which means that the assets should be frozen under EU sanctions rules.

Kubal has applied for an exemption from the sanctions rules in order to be able to pay salaries and suppliers and writes in a supplementary application that Swedish banks are withholding payments despite permission from the Swedish Board of Trade.

The company has also appealed the Swedish Tax Agency's decision and warned that the aluminium plant in Sundsvall may be forced to close.

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