No Gazprom-Rosneft merger

摘要

Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, dispelled long-standing rumors of a merger of the state-owned energy giants Rosneft and Gazprom on September 14. "I do not know of any rumors about a merger of two of our public companies, and do not believe that we should create a monster that will dominate the Russian economy and, like a vacuum cleaner, suck up all the resources, including the financial ones," Putin said in response to a question at a forum in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. His remarks were published on the Kremlin's website.