MOSCOW, March 16 - Vnesheconombank (VEB) is expecting to close a deal on the sale of Prominvestbank despite the complex situation regarding Russian banks in Ukraine, VEB head Sergei Gorkov told journalists on the sidelines of a board meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

"I hope that it will not disrupt [the deal]. We are at the final stage," Gorkov said.

The VEB head said that restrictions mainly relate to interbank transactions between Ukrainian subsidiaries and their Russian parent banks.