Russia's dominant lender Sberbank made a net profit of 270.5 billion roubles ($3.57 billion) in 2022, the lender said on Thursday, a significant drop from the year before as sweeping Western sanctions rattled Russia's financial sector.

CEO German Gref said 2022 was a challenging year but the bank would now be able to resume consideration of dividend payments on its 2022 results.

 

($1 = 75.8500 roubles) (Reporting by Marina Bobrova, Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow; Editing by Tom Hogue)