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Russian banks' net profit in 2005 up 47% - Central Bank

MOSCOW REGION, February 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian banks' total net profit in 2005 grew by 47.3% to 262.1 billion rubles ($9.3 billion), the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank said Thursday.

Andrei Kozlov said in 2004 the increase had been 38.6%.

Russian banks' own capital in 2005 grew by 31.2% to 1,242 billion rubles ($44.2 billion), Kozlov said, adding that the increase in 2004 had been 16.2%.