The headquarters of the biggest Russian bank Sberbank in Moscow, Russia, 03 June 2009. Nizhny Novgorod-based Oleg Deripaska’s GAZ Group, Sberbank and Canadian autoparts maker Magna intend to purchase controlling stake in General Motors’ Opel division, newspaper Delovoy Kvartal reports. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV Sberbank , Russia’s largest lender, said on Friday that its partial blocking from European capital markets under EU sanctions would do nothing to ease the Ukraine crisis . “Including Sberbank of Russia, which has no relation to the geopolitical processes, to the sanctions list undermines the foundations of the global financial system and does not contribute to the easing of the European crisis caused by the situation in Ukraine,” the lender said in a statement, echoing earlier comments from the government. More On this topic IN Europe The EU confirmed on Thursday night that Sberbank and four other Russian state-controlled lenders – VTB […]