Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
B-106 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov		 Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
3/7/2016
2. House Identification
 31110
 Senate Identification
 31680

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Podesta Group, Inc.
Address
1001 G Street, NW
 Address2
 Suite 1000 West
City
Washington
 State
DC
 Zip
20001
 Country
USA
4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)
City
 
State
 
Zip
 
Country
 
5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
 Ms. KIMBERLEY FRITTS
 Telephone
 2023931010
 E-mail
 LOBBYING@PODESTA.COM
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
 Public policy, government relations, and public affairs firm

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
 Sberbank CIB USA, Inc.
Address
 152 W. 57th Street, 44th floor
City
 New York
 State
 NY
 Zip
 10019
 Country
 USA
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
 
State
 
Zip
 
Country
 
9. General description of client’s business or activities
 Trading in equities and fixed income instruments eligible for US clients (not derivatives)

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name   Covered Official Position (if applicable)
First
Last
Suffix
 Anthony  Podesta    
 Stephen  Rademaker    Pol'y Dir/Nat'l Security/Sr. Counsel, S. Maj. Ldr // Asst. Sec'y for Arms Control, Dept. of State // Chief Counsel, H. Sel. Cmte. on Homeland Sec. // Chief Counsel/Dpty. SD, H. Cmte. on For. Affairs
 David  Adams    Asst Secy for Legislative Affairs, Dept. of State // Dpty. Asst Secy for House Affairs, Dept. of State // SD, H. For. Aff. Cmte./Sub. on M. East & S. Asia // Prof. Staff, H. Foreign Affairs Cmte.

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

 BAN
 TRD
 FOR
 
 
 
 
 
 

12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Registrant will assist in clarifying scope of sanctions imposed by Executive Order 13660, assessing possible ways to address sanctions relief and monitoring relevant developments applicable to such matters.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either actively participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises, plans, or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
Internet Address:
 
Name Address Principal Place of Business
Street
City State/Province Zip Code Country

FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
Address Ownership
Name Street Principal place of business Amount of contribution
City State/Province Country
(city and state or country) for lobbying activities
 PO Box 1103 Ground Fl, DMS House, 20 Genesis
City
 
 Troika Dialog Group Limited
 George Town
 
 CAY
State
 
Country
 
 0
 100
 %
 6 Ioanni Stylianou, 2nd FL, Office 202
City
 
 SBGB CYPRUS LIMITED
 2003 Nicosia
 
 CYP
State
 
Country
 
 0
 100
 %
 46A Avenue J.F. Kennedy
City
 
 SB International S.a.r.l.
 L1855 Luxembourg
 
 LUX
State
 
Country
 
 0
 100
 %
 19 Vavilova Street
City
 
 Sberbank of Russia
 Moscow
 
 RUS
State
 
Country
 
 0
 100
 %
Signature
Digitally Signed By: Sean Crotty
 Date
3/25/2016 5:33:45 PM