BBB Bank

BBB Bank (joint stock company) has licenses of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for banking operations in rubles and foreign currency dated January 27, 2015 No. 2929. The main state registration number of the credit institution 1027700074775, the date of entry of the Bank's RRB (JSC) into the Unified State Register on July 29, 2002.

• The credit rating of BBB Bank is B++ (according to the Expert RA rating agency). Date of assignment - December 30, 2015.
• BBB Bank ranks 112th in terms of net assets. The rating was assigned by the Banki.ru information portal as of December 2015.
• BBB Bank is included in the system of compulsory deposit insurance (number in the register of participating banks No. 795), the date of entry into the register is March 21, 2005.

History

2025: Searches in the case of large embezzlement in an office in St. Petersburg

On July 23, 2025, searches were carried out at the BBB Bank branch in St. Petersburg as part of a criminal case on embezzlement on an especially large scale. In connection with operational measures, the credit institution was forced to temporarily suspend customer service in the additional office of St. Petersburg to provide law enforcement agencies with the ability to perform work.

The activities carried out by law enforcement agencies are not related to the activities of the Bank and are related to one of our clients. Customer service is provided in other branches of the Bank's BBB. We apologize for any inconvenience, the official notice says.

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Фото: Investigative Committee of Russia

According to the publication "Business Petersburg," searches in the bank were carried out within the framework of the same embezzlement case, in which investigative actions were carried out at the Mikhailovsky Theater on July 22, 2025. The event is attended by employees of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Fontanka clarifies that the searches are related to Vladimir Kekhman, artistic director of the Mikhailovsky Theater and director of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater. Previously, he was taken for interrogation to the UK. According to Izvestia, he is suspected of exceeding the estimated cost under three contract contracts during the reconstruction of the old stage of the Moscow Art Theater, the restoration of which began in 2022. Kekhman was charged under Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - embezzlement on an especially large scale. Such acts are punishable by imprisonment for up to 10 years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles. It is also reported that a criminal case was initiated against businessman Marat Karginov, the owner of the RSK-Renaissance company, which received a contract for repair work at the Moscow Art Theater in 2023, when Kekhman directed the theater.^[1]

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