Milan, Italy - Western sanctions on Russia following its "annexation" of Ukraine's Crimea have no impact on a deal between Pirelli and Russian oil major Rosneft, reported Gianluca Semeraro for Reuters. "The timetable of the deal is confirmed, nothing has changed," Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera said in an interview. Pirelli struck a deal with Rosneft in March that made the oil major the group's single largest shareholder, gaining in exchange the chance to exploit the Russian company's big gas station network to sell tires.
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