27 June 2011

RUSSIA: Fin Min Kudrin Claims Aeroflot, Oil Sell-Off...Will Happen.

BBC


Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin announced a major change in Russia's economic policy...claiming that in the next 3-5 years, it will sell majority control of Aeroflot and "almost all" the big oil firms.
The important and lucrative gas sector was not mentioned.

"Gazprom is not in the plans for the moment. It has a large infrastructural component, so we are not going to rush it," he stated.