MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Swiss trader Glencore and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund (Qatar Investment Authority) purchased 19.5 percent of the shares of Russia's largest oil company Rosneft in December 2016. The sum of the deal amounted to 692 billion rubles (over $11.6 billion).
"I know that you are all planning to expand cooperation with the company [Rosneft], including projects in Russia. And we will honor all these agreements accordingly, because they are in interest of all participants of this process," Putin said.
"In that respect, Rosneft is interested in such a long-term cooperation in both areas. I also hope that Intesa [the Italian bank that partially funded the Rosneft deal] will also expand its presence on the Russian market," Putin stressed.
