Russia's Transneft put forward for 2020-2022 privatisation programme
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FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank of Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft is pictured at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, Russia February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Vladimir Soldatkin/File Photo
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s finance ministry would like to make Transneft <TRNF_p.MM>, Russian Railways, Aeroflot <AFLT.MM>, Rosseti <RSTI.MM> and Rushydro <HYDR.MM> part of the 2020-2022 national privatisation programme, a ministry official said on Wednesday.
Russia’s finance ministry would like the government’s stakes in these companies to be reduced to 50% plus one share, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev said.
Pipeline monopoly Transneft and Russian Railways would be privatised no earlier than in 2021, he said.
(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Louies Heavens)
