KIEV, April 22 – PrivatBank (Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine's largest bank, says that Russia's he Central Bank is preparing for the illegal seizure of its Crimean infrastructure.

"Instead of drawing up a concrete legal procedure for servicing clients jointly with the National Bank of Ukraine, the CB of Russia unilaterally actually started the illegal seizure of the PrivatBank's department chain in Crimea, taking the full responsibility for the economic and legal consequences of these illegal actions," reads a press release of the bank.