MOSCOW, November 5 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Commercial Court has scheduled for December 5 a pretrial hearing on a suit filed by VTB Bank seeking 64.3 billion rubles ($1.45 billion) in debt from Rusenergo Fund Limited (Rusenergo), RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Wednesday.

VTB Bank claims that Rusenergo, a major investor in Russian power generating and grid companies, owes it money under a loan agreement dated February 15, 2008.

VTB Bank told RIA Novosti that it had resolved to “pursue the payment of the obligations under the law”.

Rusenergo Fund was not available for comment.