Russia considers Rosneft share sale

摘要

Russia may sell part of its 75% stake in the country's biggest oil producer Rosneft as the government considers resuming asset sales to manage its first budget deficit in a decade, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said September 22. "Now is the time that we can return" to privatization, Shuvalov told Bloomberg TV in an interview in Washington ahead of the Pittsburgh G20 meeting.rnThe government is forecasting a 2010 budget deficit of Rb2.7 trillion ($90 billion) and sees the possibility of selling off part of its Rosneft stake, along with stakes in other state-controlled companies, to raise revenue in the second half of next year.