Russia Eyes Mazeikiu Again

摘要

Russia may have revived its interest in buying part of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery, the only refinery in the Baltics. The reports began circulating during a recent visit to Warsaw by Transneft's first vice president in charge of exports, Mikhail Arustamov. The CEO of Poland's PKN Orlen - which owns the refinery - Jacek Krawiec, then confirmed both Transneft and Russian independent Lukoil were interested, but said negoti- ations were not under way. Lukoil has long eyed Mazeikiu, but previous attempts to take it over have encountered political resistance.