Rosneft stated the legality of the purchase of the Bashneft State Conference

The representative of Rosneft stated that the Bashneft stake was acquired by the company in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the basis of the best commercial proposal. Earlier, investigators detained the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Alexei Ulyukaev on suspicion of receiving a major bribe for the assistance of Rosneft in the purchase of a state -owned package at the Bashneft ANC.

“The company does not comment on the actions of the Investigative Committee. The Bashneft shares package was acquired in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the basis of the best commercial proposal made by the operator bank,” said TASS interlocutor in Rosneft.

Earlier, the representative of the RF IC Svetlana Petrenko said that Ulyukaev was detained in connection with the receipt of two million dollars "for the submitted Ministry of Economic Development a positive assessment that allowed Rosneft to make a deal to acquire the State Baste of the Bashneft's Stocks at the amount of 50 percent.

At the same time, the source of Interfax , familiar with the situation, emphasized that the security forces have no complaints about the heads of Rosneft.

Recall that Russian President Vladimir Putin officially announced the purchase of Rosneft with a control package of shares of Bashneft in the first half of October. As noted by Vedomosti, after the transaction, the top managers of Bashneft were dismissed within a day, which contradicts the rules for managing mergers and acquisitions.

Later it became known that on the day the transaction was closed on the purchase of Bashneft, the Alliance Group of Companies offered an oil company four billion rubles more . The group was ready to offer 333.7 billion rubles, while Rosneft acquired the Bashneft's state -owned package for 329.69 billion rubles.