Golden dissection

Rosneft President Igor Sechin addressed the government with a proposal to sell its structure to the state of Bashneft's Packet for 5 billion dollars with a prize to the market. It is reported by Bloomberg.

In addition, Sechin proposes during the planned privatization of 19.5 percent of Rosneft to sell the state package of corporation in parts - no more than 5 percent of one investor. This, the oligarch claims, would allow the state to receive at least $ 11 billion.

In support of his proposals, Sichin states that $ 16 billion, in this way by the state, would double the predicted budget deficit this year.

Vladimir Putin, reports the publication, did not express his opinion regarding the proposals of the oligarch, waiting for the response of the government.

According to RBC, the press secretary of Rosneft, Mikhail Leontyev, in response to a request to comment on the publication Bloomberg, said: "We do not comment on nonsense." Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev did not respond to the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, and her colleague from the Ministry of Economic Development Elena Lashkin assured that the department was "not familiar with a similar proposal."

In June, it was reported that Russia intends to sell the 19.5 percent share of Rosneft to China and India . It was noted that such a deal will not only bring financial benefits, but will have "geopolitical significance" for Moscow.

One of the key shareholders of Bashneft was the AFK system of the oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov. In the fall of 2014, after the initiation of criminal proceedings against Yevtushenkov, the Moscow Arbitration Court on the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office transferred shares owned by the AFK Sistema and CJSC System-Invest. In January 2016, the case against the oligarch was closed .