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Deal with start-up Cognitive Technologies marks latest venture away from banking
Russia’s largest bank saw 32 per cent year-on-year fall in net profit
Country’s biggest lender to acquire part of Gazprombank’s holding for undisclosed fee
Russia’s largest bank was boosted by its core retail lending business
Sberbank/Mail.ru alliance reveals unhappy Yandex marriage
$1.6bn deal to invest in fast-growing taxi and food delivery markets
Banks have difficulty meeting capital needs and paying profits in dividends to state
Ordinary Russians continue to trust the state bank despite the negative gepolitical headwinds
The Kremlin’s largest lender is diversifying under Putin ally Herman Gref, but the threat of more sanctions makes investors nervous
Cleaning up the banking sector means addressing the problem of Russian-backed lenders
A weak rouble means less money to fund dividends, a fact reflected in the falling share price
Stocks and bonds also fall as Senate bill wins bipartisan backing
US sanctions threaten group’s ability to service a debt to state-owned Sberbank
More caps on Moscow will retard important reform
Many investors are unhappy that gas group does not seem to be maximising profits
Higher earnings show US sanctions have yet to take a toll
Russian state-run bank plans to sell most of its European lenders as it eyes new domestic strategy
Kremlin-controlled lender’s buying spree of recent years now limited by sanctions
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