Donau Bank
Encyclopedia
Donau Bank was a Soviet
-controlled bank in Vienna
, Austria
.
It was acquired by Russia
n VTB Bank in 2000. In 2006 the name was changed to VTB Bank (Austria) AG.
Suspected KGB agents Andrey Akimov
and Alexander Medvedev
worked at this bank.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
-controlled bank in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
It was acquired by Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n VTB Bank in 2000. In 2006 the name was changed to VTB Bank (Austria) AG.
Suspected KGB agents Andrey Akimov
Andrey Akimov
Andrey Igorevich Akimov is a former KGB officer and Russian businessman.He reportedly worked as an undercover KGB agent in Vneshtorgbank in Switzerland and for Donau Bank, another Soviet bank, in Vienna, Austria....
and Alexander Medvedev
Alexander Medvedev
Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev is the current Deputy Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Russian energy company Gazprom, president of the Kontinental Hockey League, and the Director-General of Gazprom's export arm Gazprom Export...
worked at this bank.