Tinkoff Bank Prohibits Remote Work Abroad, Except for Belarus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan: Reasons Revealed

Tinkoff Bank has restricted remote work for employees located abroad from countries where it has development centers, specifically Belarus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. This was reported to RBC by a representative of Tinkoff. The company explained this decision by stating that the bank is a systemically important organization and a critical information infrastructure (CII) entity, as well as operating under conditions with a high risk of attacks on IT infrastructure.

The Federal Service for Technical and Export Control imposes requirements on the bank as a systemically important organization and a CII entity, which include entry restrictions in certain cases, said the Tinkoff representative. He added that ensuring data security requires employees to