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VTB CEO Kostin addressed investors dressed as a Jedi
VTB CEO Andrey Kostin at the bank's private party with guests of the Russia Calling! spoke to the assembled investors in the image of the Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi. The photos were handed over to RBC by one of the participants of the event.
The first deputy chairman of the board of VTB, Yuri Solovyov, dressed up as Luke Skywalker. Solovyov and Kostin welcomed the "Knights of the VTB Galaxy" and discussed their "investment Jedi armor".
Solovyov: “The Death Star has repeatedly tried to intimidate the Republic with sanctions and hit the entire investment galaxy. But no such Sith was born yet, to whom the wisdom of the Jedi would be revealed. And our motto is unchanged: may the force be with us!
- In 2017, at a similar party, Kostin dressed up as Joseph Stalin, and Solovyov as Nikita Khrushchev. After media criticism, the bank said the costumes were typical 1950s characters, not specific historical characters.