Russian savings bank Sberbank's RAS net profit down 99% in 1Q09

MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian state savings bank Sberbank's net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards fell 99% in January-March 2009 to 300 million rubles ($8.8 million) compared with 36.1 billion rubles in the same period last year, the bank said Wednesday.