VTB, Russia`s second-largest bank, reported a net loss of 26.45 billion rubles ($846 mln) in the first six months of the year, the bank`s press service said on Friday.

The bank`s assets as of July 1, 2009 were 2.688 trillion rubles ($86 bln) compared with 2.551 billion rubles as of January 1, 2009.

The bank`s corporate loan portfolio stood at 1.477 trillion rubles (1.471 trillion rubles on January 1, 2009).
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