MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) - Vladimir Putin has signed a decree endorsing the list of strategic enterprises and joint stock companies that cannot be privatized by a government decision.
This, however, does not mean that a company from the list cannot be privatized. The decree may sanction the sale of any enterprise on the list. Apparently, this increases the Kremlin's role in selling every important state property.
When commenting on the news for the newspaper, Arkady Dvorkovich, head of the presidential expert department, pointed out that companies were not included on the list for good. "Moreover, a significant part of them are to be sold," he said. "But the issue of potential sale of strategically important enterprises should be discussed not only in the government, but also in the presidential administration and the Security Council".
