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Rosneft: Looks to Tap State for $41bn Rb to Bridge Sanction Funding gap

Igor Sechin, the head of Russian oil giant Rosneft, has asked the government to provide the company with 1.5 trillion roubles ($41.6 billion / £24.9 billion) to help the company weather western sanctions, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Thursday. Under the plan, the state would spend money from its National Wealth …

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Sovcomflot, NOVATEK and VEB Sign Memorandum on Cooperation as Part of Yamal LNG Project

At the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum, Sovcomflot – Russia’s largest shipping company, OAO Novatek – the leading independent natural gas producer, and the state corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs” (Vnesheconombank) signed a memorandum on cooperation as part of the Yamal LNG project, providing for the construction of …

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