Q&A: How VTB is increasingly looking to Asia

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

After investment in Rosneft and En+ the president of the low-profile Chinese oil trader sat on stage with Russia’s Putin at a packed conference in Moscow and promised more investment.

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.

At VTB Capital’s investment forum in Moscow this week, President Putin says Russia’s accession to the WTO will help attract investment, and CIC explains why it wants to focus on China-Russia cooperation.

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

Russia must diversify and invest rather than consume and export commodities in order to grow and strengthen, according to Vladimir Putin at VTB Capital’s conference in Moscow on Wednesday.