U.S. authorities tacitly support U.S. banks to continue operations with "strategic" companies of the Russian Federation - Bloomberg

Such companies include fertilizers producers, Gazprom and others. JPMorgan turned out to be in the center of attention. Congressman Sherman said the bank is using a "sanctions loophole" to continue doing business in Russia.

In response to the allegations, Dimon, head of JPMorgan, said: "We are following the instructions of the U.S. government, they asked us to do this".