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The head of VTB spoke about filming in an “anti-sanctions video”
The head of VTB Andrey Kostin revealed the details of the preparation of a private party for Russian and foreign financiers, which received wide coverage in the media.
In particular, it was reported that a video “Anti-sanction concert” was shown at the party, where Kostin portrays a composer-conductor, and VTB employees are musicians.
According to Kostin, holding such annual parties is a long tradition, which they decided not to abandon despite the difficult economic situation. “It turned out creatively and quite inexpensively. So the reception was the most common, ”the head of the bank believes.
The head of VTB said that the video with the "Anti-sanctions concert" was filmed for free. The director Ivan Popovsky from the Fomenko Theater acted as a consultant, and Vladimir Urin (former head of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater, current general director of the Bolshoi Theater) helped organize the shooting at the Stanislavsky Theater, Kostin said.
According to Kostin, the musical component of the party also did not entail any special costs. “The singer, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who performed with us, they say her performance is cheaper than the performance of Philip Kirkorov or Stas Mikhailov,” said Kostin.
“We have been hosting receptions at the end of the Russia Calling forum for six years! And every time I appear before investors in a new role: I have been Zmey-Gorynych, and James Bond, and I have flown into space, ”said the head of VTB.
- An "anti-sanction concert" party attended by several hundred guests took place at Moscow's Crowne Plaza Hotel on 2 October. However, this story received wide publicity only in early November, when many media outlets wrote about the video with Kostin.
- VTB, the second-largest bank in Russia after Sberbank, has come under sanctions imposed by the EU and the US amid the Ukrainian crisis. VTB, like other people on the "black list", lost the opportunity to borrow money abroad.