VTB Bank (public joint-stock company) (LSE:VTBR) is discussing acquisition of a controlling stake in the second largest cinema chain Karo Group from the UFG Cinema Investments Ltd. and businessman Paul Heth, Kommersant business daily reported on November 11, 2021 quoting media market sources. Karo manages 33 up-to-date multiplexes in Moscow, the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk, Surgut, and Tyumen.