Atom Bank, one of the small clutch of privately owned banks in Belarus, is tucked away down a potholed lane behind the Belmetall steel works. The walls are bare of any decoration but, despite the Spartan white paint and bright fluorescent lighting, Atom's offices are modern by Belarusian standards. "We are not a big bank and so we don't have many clients - about 30," says Atom's chairman Sergei Misitov, who sits in an equally bare office. "But by Belarusian law, banks, can have only one bank account."
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