Bank of Russia considers VTB sale of the entire Otkrytie group, including the bank itself, NPF Otkrytie and Rosgosstrakh, said First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Vladimir Chistyukhin. This will noticeably strengthen the position of the state bank in the insurance and pension business. "In order to provide the best opportunities for development of banking business of both Otkrytie Group and VTB Group their merger would be the most correct," explained the regulator representative.