The Moscow Times
Rosneft, the world’s largest listed oil company by output, has asked President Vladimir Putin to sell it the state’s 20 percent stake in Novorossiisk Commercial Sea Port, or NCSP, Reuters reported.

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, a Putin ally, said the company needed onshore infrastructure to develop the Black Sea’s offshore deposits, in the letter to the president dated Oct. 10.

Rosneft declined to comment.

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