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Moscow -- VTB on Friday filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Justice, challenging the EC Council's decision to impose sanctions, VTB told Interfax.

VTB did not comment on the nature of the suit.

Another Russian state-owned bank hit by US and EU sanctions, Sberbank, said on Friday it had filed a similar suit, and Vnesheconombank (VEB) is thinking of doing the same.