Deputy Chairman of the Board Vadim Levin has resigned from VTB Bank, the second largest financial institution in Russia by assets. newspaper writes about this The Kommersant , citing its own sources close to the Ministry of Finance. The newspaper calls Levin one of the bank's most influential managers, noting that it was he who oversaw the largest projects and dealt with the most important clients.

In particular, Levin ensured interaction with businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Vasily Anisimov, who own the Metalloinvest holding. In addition, he is considered a friend of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and head of the VTB Supervisory Board Alexei Kudrin .

The reasons for Levin's resignation have not been officially announced. According to Kommersant sources, the VTB top manager resigned of his own free will and plans to move to St. Petersburg, where he will take up personal projects.

According to unofficial data, there are already two contenders for Levin’s position: Deputy Chairman of the VTB Board Vasily Titov and Andrey Puchkov. Kommersant calls the first a permanent member of the team of VTB Chairman of the Board Andrey Kostin . As for Puchkov, he came to VTB in 2002, becoming deputy head of the department. Within a few years, he managed to become the head of the VTB debt center.

VTB is one of the systemically important banks in Russia. Most of its shares are owned by the state. In 2007, VTB held an IPO, as a result of which thousands of Russians became owners of the financial organization’s securities. In 2009, VTB was operating at a loss: over six months, its expenses exceeded its income by 26.5 billion rubles.

The curator of the most important clients left VTB