Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, has confirmed that it hired the consultancy of Tony Podesta, the elder brother of John Podesta who chaired Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, for lobbying its interests in the United States and proactively seeking the removal of various Obama-era sanctions, the press service of the Russian institution told TASS on Thursday.
"The New York office of Sberbank CIB indeed hired Podesta Group. Engagement of external consultants is part of standard business practices for us," Sberbank said.
A helicopter carrying five high-level business executives, including four Russians, crashed onto a Turkish highway on Friday, after it hit a television tower in an outlying district of Istanbul while flying in dense fog, NTV television said .... http://www.zerohedge.com
