URGENT: Russia's VTB to repay $6 bln in foreign debt in 2009

MOSCOW, January 22 (RIA Novosti) - VTB, Russia's second largest bank, said on Thursday it would fully repay its foreign liabilities, worth $6 billion, in 2009 without restructuring them.

"Our debt, which we must repay in 2009, is $6 billion. There are no plans to restructure this debt and we plan to repay it," Nikolai Tsekhmosky, VTB financial director, said.