Russian c.bank recommends banks give drafted reservists payment holidays on loans

National flag flies over the Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia May 27, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV)
National flag flies over the Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia May 27, 2022.
(photo credit: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV)

Russia's central bank on Wednesday recommended that banks offer payment holidays on loans to any reservists called up under President Vladimir Putin's decree on partial mobilization.

The defense minister said earlier that 300,000 reservists would be mobilized for service in Ukraine.