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The former Soviet republic’s messy sale of its prize assets will likely drag out, but ultimately Russian and Chinese investment will trickle down to Uzbeks and boost local stock prices.

Russian bank VTB plans to knit together the financial infrastructure to support booming trade between the two nations.

The Russian president sees a rapid pace of growth of settlement in national currencies between China and Russia. The Silk Road Fund flagged investments to come in infrastructure, agriculture and transport.

VTB executive Riccardo Orcel tells FinanceAsia about the bank's growing Chinese interests.

Vladimir Potapov heads VTB's new, revamped, investment unit. He tells FinanceAsia about the reorganisation and how the bank is using tech to grow the nest eggs of Russia's increasing number of savers.

Fosun and LeEco executives ask the Russian president for clarity on business relationships at VTB Capital's investment forum in Moscow.

Russia's VTB and China National Petroleum are set to sign an agreement that will forge closer business ties between the bank and China's major oil company, and will strengthen trading links between the two countries.

Senior management at the Russian investment bank outline plans for opening their first Asia-Pacific office in the second half of the year. Sberbank, however, maintains focus on Europe.