(Reuters) – Russia’s Sberbank said on Tuesday Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) and Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) have been in discussions about settlement details of a potash sale deal and denied it was responsible for holding up the payments. IPL set up a rupee account with Sberbank’s New Delhi branch in early February at the request of the Belarusian company, given steadily toughening U.S. sanctions against Minsk since a 2020 election and a crackdown on pro-democracy protests. According to two people familiar with the issue and a letter seen by Reuters, the Indian company complained to Sberbank tha…