The head of Russia's second-largest bank on Friday threatened to "fist fight" anyone who accused his firm of speculation against the rouble. Andrei Kostin, the head of state-owned VTB bank, told TV channel Russia-24 that he rejected the "completely unfounded allegations" that his company was involved in betting against the currency. "The Central Bank unreservedly denies that any of our [Russia's] major banks are involved in these [speculative] schemes," he said. "I am absolutely ready to argue with anyone and fist fight those who make these completely unfounded allegations about what that the bank is doing." ... (full story)