VTB Bank (public joint-stock company) (LSE:VTBR) announced it will buy a stake in Public Joint Stock Company Mostotrest (MISX:MSTT). The size of the stake in Mostotrest is still under discussion and may be “more than a blocking stake”, as well as a significant stake in Alexey Krapivin Group of Companies 1520 and its partners, Vedomosti reported. VTB is prepared to buy from 30% to 49% in each of the companies, the paper said citing people close to the deals.