Russia’s second-largest state-controlled bank VTB Group posted record profit under IFRS of RUB432bn ($4.6bn) for 2023, with net profit of RUB56bn in 4Q23 alone, Tass reports citing the estimates of the First Deputy Chairman of the bank Management Board Dmitry Pianov said. The group has also revised upwards its record loss for 2022 – from RUB613bn to RUB668bn ($7.2bn), Pianov said. Despite record profit of 2023, VTB’s management still plans to offer shareholders not to pay dividends for last year, he added. As followed by bne IntelliNews, VTB’s losses accounted for three quarters of the aggrega…