Vatican bank rebuts 'impossible' Russian money claims
The Institute for Works of Religion rejected claims it had ties to Russia made by an advisor to the Ukrainian president
Vatican City’s commercial bank denied Saturday that it holds deposits and lends money to the Russian state. The charge was leveled by a senior advisor to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who accused the Vatican’s Bank of harboring Russian funds, despite international sanctions.
The Institute for Works of Religion “does not receive or invest Russia…