MOSCOW, January 11 - RAPSI, Natalia Belova. A court will hear on February 15 a new lawsuit filed by banker Sergei Yarmolinsky against Mezhprombank for $2.8 billion, the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) reported from the courtroom.

Mezhprombank is represented in the lawsuit by its bankruptcy administrator, the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).

Yarmolinsky explained to the court that he placed 3,226 rubles ($100) at a rate of 130 percent per annum in Mezhprombank in February 1994. The interest was to be charged on a quarterly basis. However, according to Yarmolinsky, the bank never charged interest on the deposit. In 2003, he made an attempt to withdraw his money, but the bank refused to release the funds.

In the lawsuit received by the Moscow Commercial Court on October 21, Yarmolinsky seeks to invalidate an amendment to a deposit agreement dated July 1994, under which the deposit interest rate was set to zero.

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court upheld in November judicial acts dismissing Yarmolinsky's 91.829 billion ($2.8 billion) claims on Mezhprombank's creditors' list.

The DIA only included Yarmolinsky's claims of 5,726 rubles ($150) on the creditor's list.

Media earlier reported that Yarmolinsky is a renowned banker. He earlier was a vice president of Guta Bank and a deputy general director of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

The court revoked Mezhprombank's license on October 5. It recognized the bank as bankrupt in late November. Valery Miroshnikov, the first deputy head of the DIA, said earlier that the only loan granted by Mezhprombank that is likely to be repaid is a 3 billion ruble ($94.1 million) loan secured by shares of the Sukhoi aircraft holding. The bank's debt totals 82 billion rubles ($2.5 billion), of which 32 billion rubles ($984 million) is a secured loan granted by the Central Bank.