Barclays is seeking investments from two state-backed Russian banks in an effort to boost its capital. The British bank has spoken to OAO VTB and OAO Sberbank about potential capital injections, but it wasn't clear Monday if Barclays' efforts had been successful. Barclays said it would raise £6.5 billion ($10 billion) from private sources to meet government capital benchmarks.
Didn't know state-backed Russian banks were considered private sources these days.
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