Putin Calls for Government Recapitalization of Gazprom
The Moscow TimesJun. 04 2014 21:07 Last edited 21:07
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Putin at a conference dedicated to the development of fuel and energy complexes in Astrakhan on Wednesday.
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called on the Russian government to consider pumping additional capital into state-owned energy giant Gazprom to help it fund a massive infrastructure upgrade following Russia's $400 billion gas supply deal with China last month.
“The government and Finance Ministry should think about re-capitalizing Gazprom to the total cost of new infrastructure,” Putin said during a Wednesday session of the Commission for Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex, news agency PRIME reported.
Russia signed a 30-year gas supply deal with China worth $400 billion in May, and Moscow plans to invest $55 billion in building up pipeline infrastructure between the two countries. China has agreed to hand over a $25 billion prepayment to shore up the plans.
There are a range of ways to finance the construction, Putin said, including seeking advances from partners, but recapitalization is also an option, and one that might be a wise investment of state savings. “In the modern world, building up endless gold and foreign currency reserves entails certain risks,” he said, without specifying the potential scale of the recapitalization.
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The Moscow TimesJun. 04 2014 21:07 Last edited 21:07
Kremlin.ru
Putin at a conference dedicated to the development of fuel and energy complexes in Astrakhan on Wednesday.
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called on the Russian government to consider pumping additional capital into state-owned energy giant Gazprom to help it fund a massive infrastructure upgrade following Russia's $400 billion gas supply deal with China last month.
“The government and Finance Ministry should think about re-capitalizing Gazprom to the total cost of new infrastructure,” Putin said during a Wednesday session of the Commission for Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex, news agency PRIME reported.
Russia signed a 30-year gas supply deal with China worth $400 billion in May, and Moscow plans to invest $55 billion in building up pipeline infrastructure between the two countries. China has agreed to hand over a $25 billion prepayment to shore up the plans.
There are a range of ways to finance the construction, Putin said, including seeking advances from partners, but recapitalization is also an option, and one that might be a wise investment of state savings. “In the modern world, building up endless gold and foreign currency reserves entails certain risks,” he said, without specifying the potential scale of the recapitalization.
See also:
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