MOSCOW. March 24 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has freed German Gref of the duties of Russian director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Kremlin said on Monday.

KYIV. March 6 (Interfax) - Sberbank (RTS: SBER) is not planning to alter its mortgage lending rates in the coming months, German Gref, the Russian bank's chairman, told reporters in Kyiv. Gref said the bank's mortgage rates were liberal enough. (c) 2008 Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English.

KYIV. March 6 (Interfax) - Sberbank (RTS: SBER) is forecasting net profit of more than 20 billion rubles to Russian accounting standards in January-February 2008, German Gref, the bank's chairman, told reporters in Kyiv.

MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Sberbank of Russia (RTS: SBER) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have agreed to start executing joint projects in the near future, Sberbank said in a press release.

NEW DELHI. Feb 13 (Interfax) - Sberbank (RTS: SBER) might nor reach a decision to adjust retail deposit and loan rates before the end of March, German Gref, the chairman of Russia's biggest lending institution, told reporters in New Delhi. "I can't say anything right now.