VTB branch in Angola suffered from sanctions, and most likely it will have to be sold, said the head of the bank Andrei Kostin. VTB was one of the first to be included in the U.S. and EU sanctions lists last year, which hit the bank's international business hard. Andrei Kostin pointed out that VTB did not open any new offices in other countries last year, though he is exploring such options. At the moment, the bank is focused on working in Russia and countries with which Russia has a large amount of foreign trade. First of all it is China.