Sberbank sees no reason to change the weight of its shares in the structure of Western stock indices - the Bank has no plans to issue new shares, according to the appeal of the largest Russian Bank.

in early August, the index provider MSCI has launched a number of new indexes, not including the Russian Federation, in order to allow investors to protect investments in the country subject to sanctions by the U.S. and the EU. The decision on issue of the presence of the securities of VTB and Sberbank in MSCI Russia index provider plans to announce on August 8.

British index provider FTSE also said about the possibility of exceptions to the equity indices of these 2 credit institutions due to sanctions from the EU. FTSE considered two options: either remove the paper VTB and Sberbank of the indices after the holding of new issues of shares

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