The top seven European banks by asset size in the country forked over more than 800 billion euros in taxes to the Kremlin last year, quadrupling pre-war levels, despite pledges to minimize their presence in Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the Financial Times. These banks – Raiffeisen Bank International, UniCredit, ING, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, and OTP – reported a combined profit of over 3 billion euros in 2023. This profit was three times higher than in 2021 and partly accrued from funds that banks cannot repatriate, leading to increased t…