The euro tumbled against the U.S. dollar Wednesday as investors grew increasingly concerned with energy supply and a potential recession in the region.
CEO Thomas Gottstein told CNBC that letters received by investors had "nothing to do" with sanctions, or loans belonging to members of Putin's inner circle.
Deutsche Bank reported Wednesday its seventh consecutive quarterly profit, but warned that the current environment is "challenging" and "cost pressures have intensified."
The ongoing war next door has put the landlocked country of Moldova, a former Soviet republic and one of Europe's poorest nations, in a precarious position.
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